BACK ISSUES – Fall 2011

Fall 2011 VOLUME 9 / NUMBER 4

IN THIS ISSUE: CONNECTICUT HISTORY, ONE GOOD STORY AFTER ANOTHER

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Saving Waterbury City Hall
Natural Disasters, Man-made Calamities
Eagle Sails Out of War & Into Peace
On the Hunt for Civil War Treasures
On the Cover: The Connecticut State Police assisting in search and rescue at Ground Zero, September 2001. Connecticut State Police
Features
14 What a Disaster!

Connecticut Connecticut catastrophes through the ages.
By Emma Demar with Elizabeth J. Normen
20 Everyday Heroes

On duty or off, ordinary people, extraordinary courages.
By Karen L. Fredrick and Anne H. Young
26 September 11, 2001 Connecticut Responds and Reflects

How we responded to the terrorist attackes of 9/11.
By Anne Guernsey
32 America's Tall Ship

The rebirth of the German Horst Wessel.
By Tido H. Holtkamp
Contents
pg 9 Hog River Journal
pg 10 Letters, etc
g 13 From the State Historian: Where Were You?...By Walter W. Woodward
pg 14 What a Disaster!By Emma Demar with Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 20 Everyday Heroes.By Karen L. Frederick and Anne H. Young
pg 26 September 11, 2001: Connecticut Responds and Reflects.By Anne Guernsey
pg 32 America’s Tall Ship.By Tido H. Holtkamp
pg 38 “I Wanted to Fly.”By Eileen Hurst
pg 42
 Site Lines:Putting Waterbury City Hall Back into Commission.By Robert W. Grzywacz
pg 44 History Day in Connecticut
pg 48 Destination: The Living 9/11 Memorial.By Nicole Chalfant
pg 50 re: Collections:Hartford History Center
From the Desk of Stuart Parnes
pg 48 Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations
pg 56 Afterword

Sample articles from past issues:
SUMMER 2011:
SPRING 2011:
SUMMER 2010: Exploring the Connecticut Landscape
SPRING 2010: Facing Hard Times
FALL/2009: Play Ball!
SUMMER/2009
SPRING/2009
• New London's Indian Mariners
• Kate Moore, Keeper of Fayerweather Lighthouse
WINTER/2008-2009
• Making A Home for Orphans
• East Haven’s Wildest Irish Rose
• Flying the Banner for Temperance
FALL/2008
SUMMER /2008
SPRING /2008
WINTER 2007/2008
• Nutmeg Adds Spice. But is it Nice?
• Weston Meteorite
FALL 2007
• The Fuller Brush Company
• Everyman's Time: The Rise and Fall of Connecticut's Clockmaking
• The Bright Lights of Willimantic
SUMMER 2007
• "Cast down on every side": The Ill-Fated Campaign to Found an “ African College” in New Haven
• Educated in One Room
• West of Eden: Ohio Land Speculation Benefits Connecticut Public Schools
SPRING 2007
• Doctoring on the Field of Battle
• James Pharmacy
WINTER 2006/2007
• Norwich's Renaissance Man
• Impressions of the Impressionists
FALL 2006
• Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London
• The Kent Iron Furnace
SPRING 2006
• The First American Cookbook
• What We Loved to Eat
WINTER 2005/2006
• Making a Success of Coltsville
• In a Neighborhood, A Boy's World
FALL 2005
• Glimpses of Lincoln's Brilliance
• Stamping Out the Reds
SUMMER 2005
• What's a Puritan?
• Enfield's Shaker Legacy
• Faith Congregational Church
SPRING 2005
• Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?
• The Sky's the Limit
• A Century of Connecticut Inventions
2004 NOV/DEC/JAN 2005
• The Enigma of Wallace Stevens
• Lunch with Monet
AUG/SEP/OCT 2004
• Ancient Burying Ground
• Politics of Change: Mayor vs. Manager
MAY/JUN/JUL 2004
• Hartford Labor Militants Fight the Spanish Civil War
FEB/MAR/APR 2004
• A Well-stocked Saddlebag for the Doctor on Horseback