Tag Archives: New Haven Museum

Old-Timers

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A time traveler from New Haven’s colonial days would barely recognize it today. …

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Uncapitalized

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There’s a certain level of risk to being a state capital. If, despite your advantages, another state city surpasses you in measures like population, economy or culture, it can lead to perpetual snubbing…

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Alpha Male

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The letter A “is the first letter of the Alphabet in most of the known languages of the earth…

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Troup Formation

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Connecticut voted for the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote, on September 14, 1920. That same day, the state lost one of its most ardent and least recognized suffragists, Augusta Lewis Troup. …

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Carried Over

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A carriage once drawn by four horses now stands in the carriage shed at the New Haven Museum’s Pardee-Morris House, a symbol of New Haven’s industrial past nestled within a symbol of its colonial history. …

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Memory Lanes

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What’s in a name? Let’s take it to the streets. …

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Going Fourth

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America’s 246th birthday happens Monday, and we’re RSVPing yes.

In the meantime, we might head to…

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Entertainment Center

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Few buildings in New Haven have stirred more sentiment—positive or negative—than the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum. …

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Founding Mothers

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Having led their flock to a shared new haven in 1638, the minister John Davenport and the merchant Theophilus Eaton are considered New Haven’s founding fathers. But the men, women and children who…

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Iron Age

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Like a mountain piled with strata, a city as old as New Haven is layered with the remains of its past. Sometimes a layer lies in plain view but goes unnoticed by nearly everyone who passes by. …

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