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SUMMARY:America 250: The Importance of Connecticut to the Revolution
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DTSTAMP:20260421T164200Z
DTSTART:20260617T223000Z
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LOCATION:The Brookfield Library, 182 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804
 , United States
ROOM: the Community Room
DESCRIPTION:Our presenter is noted storyteller and journalist Mike Allen, 
 former host of the popular podcast Amazing Tales About History, who will w
 alk through the key people and events in Connecticut during our nation’s
  tumultuous march to independence, 250 years ago.Experience the outsized r
 ole Connecticut played in winning independence from the British Empire.Pro
 minent historical figures contributed to the formation of the new country,
  while Connecticutearned the nickname “the provision state” because of
  its supplies of food and ammunition to theContinental Army.Military actio
 ns in Danbury, Ridgefield, Saugatuck, Groton, New London, New Haven, Green
 wich, Norwalk, and Fairfield were significant.Roger Sherman, Israel Putnam
 , Jonathan Trumbull, Benedict Arnold, Noah  Webster, and others played cr
 itical roles, while other notable figures visited the state during the Rev
 olutionary War years: George Washington, French General Rochambeau, John H
 ancock, and more. 
URL:https://brookfieldlib.librarycalendar.com/event/mike-allens-america-25
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