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FALL ISSUE CELEBRATES CT’s 375TH

Join us as our Fall issue celebrates Connecticut’s 375^th anniversary and some of the family businesses that helped it grow and prosper over nearly four centuries.

But is the state really 375 years old? Find out in State Historian Walter Woodward’s story “Celebrating Connecticut’s Founding.”  Then read on about one of the state’s rare family-owned newspapers (founded 166 years ago); how one of Litchfield’s first families adapted their business when spinning wheels became obsolete; about the illustrious Trumbull family which counted governors, patriots, merchants, and an artist in its ranks; how three generations of the Liverant family developed a thriving antiques business beginning in the 1920s; and more!  We’ve got stories from across the state and covering the 18^th to the 20^th centuries.  Subscribe or purchase the current issue online.

Every issue, I learn something about our cultural heritage that enriches my life and deepens my appreciation for our state.

Your mouth will be watering after reading our photo essay on Waterbury’s Frankies Hot Dogs.  Brothers Frankie and Paul Caiazzo founded the popular eatery in the midst of the Depression and built their success on the motto, “Come in and Eat or We’ll Both Starve.” You’ll learn about one business that found innovation in making square boxes (in the hat-making town of Danbury which only had use for round and oval hat boxes).  And you’ll learn about the surprising role that Danbury played in the famous and enduringly popular children’s book series, Little House on the Prairie.

I invite you to join me by subscribing.  Our readers are lifelong learners and avid “Connecticutophiles.”  Readers have told us they value:

“The unique material presented in each issue! You just don’t find that anywhere else,”

and

“The human stories that have made our state what it is today. “

And, more big anniversaries are coming up that you won’t want to miss—notably Connecticut’s role in the Civil War and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 200^th birthday. Begin your exploration of Connecticut history today. You’ll enjoy one good story after another!

Elizabeth Normen

Publisher