Pirates and Privateers on Long Island Sound Part V See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 4 here. By Dan Shine The pirate Blackbeard, whose proper name was Edward Teach, had great success and notoriety for years … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Pirates and Privateers on Long Island Sound Part IV Captain William Kidd, David Marteens See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 5 here. By Dan Shine When the talk turns to pirates, Captain Kidd’s name is sure to … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Pirates and Privateers on Long Island Sound Part III See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 4 here. See part 5 here. By Dan Shine The Connecticut Coast has known a long history of piracy and privateering, and those errant souls who … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Pirates and Privateers on Long Island Sound Part II See part 1 here. See part 3 here. See part 4 here. See part 5 here. By Dan Shine This week’s column has been contributed by notable local historian and author Peter Malia: As the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Pirates and Privateers on Long Island Sound Part I See part 2 here. See part 3 here. See part 4 here. See part 5 here. By Dan Shine This week’s column has been contributed by notable local historian and author Peter Malia: I was … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Fitzgerald’s Florist The year was 1957. President Eisenhower was in the White House and the Cold War was in full swing. The average American was earning $4500 per year and gas cost twenty four cents per gallon; and a Swanson TV dinner cost … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Irish in America Part II See part 1 here. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Irish in America Part I See part 2 here. St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching; it is a day when many will wear something green, watch parades, eat corned beef and cabbage, and maybe hoist a green beer or two; for on this particular day as … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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ated the laden ship, he noted that she listed to one side; he subsequently described her as “walty” (likely to capsize). Nevertheless, the Great Shippe sailed for England in the bitter cold winter of January of 1647. So cold was it, that a three … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Sermons in Stone Take a moment to consider the labors of your workday—of all that you do, what evidence of it will remain in two or three hundred years? Needless to say, there will be very little. By contrast, the old Yankee farmers of New … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner