Articles

An Alarm from Lexington – The alarm spreads to Connecticut.

The Badge of Military Merit – Purple Heart of the American Revolution

Battle of New Haven – An Independence Day raid on the coastal city.

The Coming of the Revolution 1773-1776 – Deteriorating relations between England and the American colonies noticeably worsened in the 1763-1773 decade

Connecticut in the Revolution – The Share of Connecticut in the Revolution

Our Churches in the Revolution -The role they played

Danbury Raid – A British attack on Connecticut

East Haddam in the Revolution – From the History of Middlesex County, Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men, 1884

Haddam in the Revolution – From the History of Middlesex County, Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men, 1884

Hospitality Hall – Washington’s Headquarters in Wethersfield. Connecticut

The Price They Paid – The signers of the Declaration of Independence paid a heavy toll or did they?

Letters of a Soldier of the Revolution – Time-Worn documents that tell a story of patriotism and sacrifice

New Britian in the days of the Revolution – Was life at the time as bad as we think?

Nathan Hale Schoolboy Medal – Nathan Hale Scholar

The Nathan Hale Schoolhouse – By Francis H. Parker

The Nathan Hale Schoolhouse – By Charles Barney Whittelsey, 1904

The Iron Son of ’76 – The Life of General Putnam

A Revolutionary Thanksgiving – A True Story of Olden Time

The Scarlet Standard #1 – Connecticut’s response to the Lexington Alarm

The Scarlet Standard #2 – Standard of General Israel Putnam’s Connecticut Regiment of 1775

The Scarlet Standard #3 – Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton, Connecticut’s Forgotten Hero

The Scarlet Standard #4 – Liberty defined . . . . New England’s colonial Clergy

The Scarlet Standard #5 – Connecticut’s Declaration of Independence

The Scarlet Standard #6 – Col. John Durkee, Norwichtown’s Forgotten Hero

The Scarlet Standard #7 – Lebanon: center of Connecticut’s rebellion

The Scarlet Standard #8 – Governor Jonathan Trumbull armed by Divine Providence for the Holy cause of Liberty

The Scarlet Standard #9 – The Way of Liberty: the English Colony of Connecticut in New England

The Scarlet Standard #10 – A Puritan Foundation: Virtuous Liberty in the English Colonies of New England

The Scarlet Standard #11 – Revolutionary High Ground: The Declaration of Independence

The Scarlet Standard #12 – “SELF-GOVERNMENT”: The Common Ground of Meetinghouse & Militia

Secret Service of the American Revolution – Incidents in which imminent defeat was turned to glorious victory

The Tories of Connecticut – By James Shepard

The Tories of Connecticut – Concluded from last article

Teamster Boy in the Revolution – A stout lad eighteen years of age

Letters of Joseph Spencer – The letter of General Joseph Spencer to President George Washington and the Continental Congress.

The Stamp Act and Connecticut

The Susquehannah Company Affair – One of the most prolonged disputes in eighteenth-century Connecticut was a controversial land scheme

Understanding The Connecticut Militia

Undisturbed 1778-1779 Patriot Encampment Site Disclosed – Redding, CT’s Valley Forge

War Diary – A day by day account of one soldier.

Where is King George’s Head??? – Over 200 years later pieces are still being discovered

Yankee Doodle – A story from Aunt Louisa’s Child’s Delight