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For 150 years a crenelated Gothic Revival castle in Connecticut has housed an art collection that was astonishing for its time—and ours
We tend to identify the first American public display of art with the post-Civil War surge of wealth called the Gilded Age. Read more >>
America’s First Native Cookbook
Cranberry sauce. Johnnycake. Pumpkin pie. Indian pudding. Read more >>
In October, 1975, a carful of teenagers came cruising down a Hartford, Connecticut, street and rammed into a limousine carrying President Gerald R. Ford. Read more >>