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Monthly Archives: November 2018
Dillon Stadium flashback
Today’s ceremonial groundbreaking for the renovation of Dillon Stadium put me in mind of the Hartford Knights, the minor-league football team that played there in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I was nine years old when my father brought me to Dillon for the September 5, 1970 game against the Indianapolis Capitals. I don’t […]
New trivia question
What major artery of Hartford was originally called Talcott Mountain Turnpike? The answer is here.
Remembering Hartford in World War I
If all the national coverage of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I has you wondering how the Hartford region got through the war, check out David Drury’s fine 2015 book, “Hartford in World War I.” At 141 pages, it’s a quick read yet packed with information and photographs. (I was especially […]
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