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237. Mary Barlow: Hartford's Fallen "Six-Triple-Eight" Soldier (opens the original)
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This episode tells the story of one of the women depicted in The Six Triple Eight , a 2024 WWII war drama film by Tyler Perry that tells the true story of the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. Mary Jewel Barlow was one of only three members of the 6888 th Postal Directory Battalion who died in service during World War II and one of only four women buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in France. The 6888 was an all-Black, all-female Women's Army Corps battalion. A real young woman from
236. Greater Hartford's West Indian Diaspora (10th Anniversary Encore Release) (opens the original)
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In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we are bringing you a remastered edition of an episode recorded in 2018 by Dr. Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian Emeritus with Dr. Fiona Vernal and former Hartford History Center Program Manager Jasmin Agusto. Dr. Vernal serves on the Connecticut Explored magazine Editorial Board. She holds a BA in history from Princeton University and a PhD. from Yale University. She is an associate professor of history and Africana studies and director of EPO
235. Awakenings and Revolutions: The Harts, Saybrook, and the New Nation (opens the original)
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From the high seas to the town square, we're bringing you the story of a New England family navigating revolution, economic expansion, and nation building. Awakenings and Revolutions: The Harts, Saybrook, and the New Nation is a new look at the residents of the Old Saybrook Historical Society's Gen. William Hart House and the Hart family of Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Moving between the Connecticut River estuary, Hartford, New London, Boston, New York, and as far as Ohio and the West Indies, the
234. Saving Connecticut's Historic Barns (opens the original)
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In 2006, Preservation Connecticut , then the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, realized that historic barns across the state were being demolished or allowed to fall down. What could be done to save them? Where were they? How many are there? How can we get people across the state to be interested in barns? All of this was unknown. My guest, Todd Levine, was hired to help answer those critical questions. Todd is currently the Environmental Review officer and Connect i cut Freedom Trail
233. Rough Justice for Connecticut State Hero Nathan Hale (10th Anniversary Encore Release) (opens the original)
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Happy 250 th birthday to our nation and 10th anniversary to Grating the Nutmeg! In celebration of our 10 th anniversary, we are bringing you a remastered edition of an episode recorded in 20 20 with Dr. Walter Woodward , Connecticut State Historian Emeritus. Dr. Woodward takes a new look at the actions surrounding the Revolutionary War execution of S tate H ero Nathan Hale, and finds there are still some burning questions left to be answered about this hasty and irregular event. It's a story fro
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