100 Years Ago/History

Super Bowl Quiz: Did the Forward Pass Originate at Wesleyan?

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By Philip R. Devlin (February 4, 2026) --- It’s Super Bowl week and much of the nation’s attention will be focused on Super Bowl LX...

The Connecticut Man Who Fired the First American Shots at Pearl Harbor

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By Philip R. Devlin (December 7, 2025) --- Nobody knows for sure who fired the first shot of the American Revolution when Massachusetts minutemen faced...
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President James A. Garfield: An Extraordinary Man and Subject of Netflix Series

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By Philip R. Devlin (November 19, 2025) --- November 19th is most famous in American history as the date on...

A Veterans Day Remembrance: Middletown’s World War One Memorial

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By Philip R. Devlin (November 11, 2025) --- Perhaps you've noticed the large obelisk on the green while driving up...

3 i Atlas: Timing of Interstellar Visitor Coincides with “War of the Worlds” Broadcast October 30, 1938

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By Philip R. Devlin (October 30, 2025) --- First identified by the Atlas telescope in Chile as our solar system’s...

A Baseball Memory from 1960

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By Philip R. Devlin (October 13, 2025) --- On this date 65 years ago, October 13, 1960, the most remarkable...

August 7th: National Purple Heart Day-The Connecticut Connections

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By Philip R. Devlin (August 7, 2025) --- The first three recipients of the Purple Heart Award all hailed from...

1928: A Hamden Writer on Understanding Disaster and Loss

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By Philip R. Devlin (July 20, 2025) --- Longtime Hamden resident Thornton Wilder received the Pulitzer Prize 87 years ago...
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