Search results for #HartfordHistory
“You Cant Rock Da Pub” documentary… I need to buy it and watch it #HARTFORDHISTORY
How appropriate that teacher & school reformer Henry Barnard’s birthday is also #InternationalDayofEducation! Born #OTD in 1811 in #Hartford, Barnard played a major role in 19th-century school reform in the US. Learn more: connecticuthistory.org/henry-barnard-… #cthistory #HartfordHistory
Even I did not know this! OMG! 😲 #HartfordHasIt #TrumbullStreet #HartfordHistory #CTHistory @HartfordCapital ❤️
#OTD in 1854, when #Hartford voters approved spending >$100k in public funds, Bushnell Park became the 1st park in the country built & paid for by the community. Learn how this “hell without the fire” became a public park: connecticuthistory.org/land-purchase-… #HartfordHistory #cthistory
⏳🕰️⌚️#ThenAndNow of Main Street, #Hartford looking towards the Keney Clock Tower, November 13, 1914 and early this month. All the buildings on the left are still there. Different sort of horsepower in use now, though! #TBT #HartfordHistory
🪖🦅🇺🇸 Those who live in freedom will always be grateful to those who helped preserve it. With gratitude for your service to America on #VeteransDay and always. (📸 Children Watch Veterans Day Parade ~ Marshall Wice, Hartford Times, 1975) #HartfordHistory #FlashbackFriday
📢🏙️🗳️𝕋𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪’𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪! Make sure you get to the polls to cast your #vote. Local stations, like Channel 30 (now WVIT, @NBCConnecticut) will certainly be reporting the totals again tonight. (November 5, 1963, Hartford Times) #ExcerciseYourVote #HartfordHistory
Join us for the 5th program in our #HartfordHistory series - this Thursdays at the Old State House at 6pm for #ConnecticutHistoricalSociety treasures Click here for a 1 minute into to program youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4JH3… Click below on Thursday to livestream streamyard.com/watch/UwmqtMwC…
#HartfordHistory series #Trinity200 This Thursday at @CTOldStateHouse youtu.be/U1qkp219cq8?fe…
#HartfordHistory series VI - opens tonight at the #OldStateHouse 5:45 - live or live-streamed
⏳🕰️⌚️#TBT to this week 1957. Looks like it was a beautiful day to jump rope! 📸 Morton J. Boardman, Hartford Times, September 12, 1957. #HartfordHistory
⏳🕰️🕒 #ThenAndNow View of Pratt Street, looking toward Trumbull Street. C.W. Pratt, visible in the early photo, was at number 75. That is approximately where you see the first yellow umbrella in the current photo. The older photo was taken on September 5, 1915. #HartfordHistory
Best #HartfordHistory series yet. Does any other city in America do this. We can because we have 400+ years of local history & a growing community that cares
In 1872 to 1881, Yung Wing organized the Chinese Educational Mission to bring young Chinese men to study in New England. Yung became a naturalized American citizen, but his citizenship was later revoked. Learn more: connecticuthistory.org/yung-wings-dre… #AAPIHeritageMonth #HartfordHistory
