Fall 2013 VOLUME 11/ NUMBER 4
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IN THIS ISSUE: Our New Connecticans > Bringing Their Fishing Tradition to Stonington > From Wartime Internment to Resettlement > What Led to the Pequot War > The Irish Define Domestic ServiceTable of Contents
9 Hog River Journal: The Diversity of Connecticut By Elizabeth J. Normen
10 Letters, etc.
13 From the State Historian: Immigrants All… By Walter W. Woodward
14 Wartime Relocation Brings Japanese Americans East
Interned Americans start a new life in Connecticut. By Cathy J. Schlund-Vials
20 Exploring and Uncovering the Pequot War
The arrival of the British leads to conflict. By Kevin McBride and Laurie Pasteryak Lamarre
26 Connecticut’s Irish Domestics
Making their way as “living out girls.” By Neil Hogan
32 Southern Blacks Transform Connecticut
The great migration had an impact, too. By Stacey Close
38 “They came here as fishermen…”
The story of the Portuguese in Stonington. By Fred Calabretta
44 Site Lines: Russian Village By Stacey Vairo
46 Preserving Culture Through the Arts: Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
By Elizabeth J. Normen
47 Destination: The Ethnic Heritage Center By Mary M. Donohue
48 Scottish Heritage Up Close: Scotland’s Highland Games By Hannah Camden
50 From the Desk of Stuart Parnes, Connecticut Humanities
52 Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations
57 Afterword