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Rediscovered Glory
The Hartford CourantIt's the kind of historic discovery that happens maybe twice a century. A Civil War-era relic, in this case a flag that decorated Abraham Lincoln's theater box the night he was assassinated, turns up on a forgotten shelf in the bowels of a local museum....Tags: Travel, Monuments and Heritage Sites, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure
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Accentuate The Positive
Soon 2001 will sail into the sunset and the First Night merriment will begin. On a cold winter's night, downtown Hartford will turn into a fun zone, with tens of thousands of people sampling the fruits of urban life. The city that sometimes is...Tags: Real Art Ways, Holidays, Sports, Mark Twain, Television
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The Rev. Levi Hart of Connecticut
A 23-page letter the Rev. Levi Hart of Connecticut wrote in 1775 to Samuel Hopkins of Rhode Island became a blueprint for abolishing slavery in the North. The excerpts here indicate that people even then thought slavery immoral, but that abolition posed...Tags: Crimes, Political Corruption, Social Issues, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Jul 6, 2001
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Dec 30, 2001
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Sep 29, 2002
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