100 Years Ago/History

July 15, 1779: Two Haddam Men Part of the Raid at Stony Point—One Killed

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin (July 15, 2026) --- Stony Point is an elevated, triangular projection of rock on the west bank of the Hudson River extending...

America 250: The Talented Killingworth Man Who Printed the First-Ever USA Map

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin                                            ...

America 250: American Revolutionary Patriots Invented the IED: January 6, 1777

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin   (July 2, 2026) --- During the years of American involvement in the wars in Iraq and in...

America 250: Area Soldier’s Life Spared by General George Washington

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin (July 1, 2026) --- Haddam Neck historian Henry M. Selden tells the remarkable story of Revolutionary War...

America 250: George Washington Actually Did Sleep Here!

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin (June 30, 2026) --- "Yeah. Like places that say George Washington slept here."         ...

America 250: Of Tag Sales and the Declaration of Independence

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin (June 29, 2026) --- Do you like tag sales, thrift stores, and flea markets? You would like...

June 28, 1776: Jefferson’s First Draft of the Declaration Of independence

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
By Phil Devlin                                  ...

Archaeologists Unearth Unexpected Treasures at Haddam’s Thirty Mile Island Burying Ground

100 Years Ago/History Joanne Nesti -
Submitted by Gloria Gorton, Board Member, Old Burial Yard of Thirty Mile Island    (June 24, 2026) --- What began as...
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