Historian's Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part III Anyone who visits the Post Office on Campbell Avenue can look up and see there in the lobby a mural painting—an artist’s conception of the first white settlers entering … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part II To tell the story of West Haven, we first have to start with the story of New Haven, the first planned city in the New World, one that was laid out on a grid system of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part I This year 2021, West Haven celebrates one hundred years since it became Connecticut’s youngest town.  In observance therefore, we will take a look back at West Haven, from … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Flushing Remonstrance “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”  We all recognize these words from the U.S. Constitution’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The 1920s Here we are, still in the early stages of the 2020s, and perhaps this is a good time to look back upon the American way of life one hundred years ago: The population of the United States … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

Washington’s Brown Suit Federal Hall, New York City Temporary Capital of the United States April 30, 1789 George Washington laid his hand upon a large Bible, one that had been loaned for this purpose by a local … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Loretta’s Christmas Memory, 1929 (With thanks to Valerie Forte Vitali) In her years as Librarian, Loretta BonTempo Forte had a knack for selecting books that suited the avid readers who patronized the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Part II Beginning in 1883, John Browning worked in partnership with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to design a series of rifles and shotguns, including the models … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner