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President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and former President George H.W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Mrs. Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner held at the White House. Also pictured are, from left, Georgia Grace Koch, Margaret Bush, Walker Bush, Marvin Bush, Jenna Bush, Doro Koch, Barbara Bush, Robert P. Koch, Pierce M. Bush, Maria Bush, Neil Bush, Ashley Bush, Sam LeBlond, Robert Koch, Nancy Ellis LeBlond, John Ellis Bush, Jr., Florida Gov. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, Mandi Bush, George P. Bush, and Columba Bush.
The Bush Family in Connecticut Politics
December 18, 2025
Inside Bloodroot image by Gwyn Reutenauer
The Bloodroot Collective
November 18, 2025
Photo of Smith'sLuncheonette
“Under the Bridge”: Urban Renewal in Portland, Connecticut 
November 14, 2025
MarkMassellict, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Connecticut’s Environmental History and its Lessons for Today
October 21, 2025
Program for the 1890 Wide Awakes reunion. Connecticut Museum collection, MS 13264
The Wide Awakes
October 7, 2025
Group of students standing behind a banner reading Connecticut History Day
Connecticut History Day 2026: Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History
August 27, 2025
Fight at Ridgefield
The Battle of Ridgefield, 1777
August 5, 2025
Class photograph of a group of students and male teacher standing in front of a brick building.
Lewis Sprague Mills and The Story of Connecticut
August 4, 2025
Two people seated at a table talking to one person standing. There are more people in the background.
Connecticut’s Constitution of 1965
July 22, 2025
Map of Connecticut
Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Tour of Connecticut
July 2, 2025
Engraving of a man from the waist up
Nathaniel Lyon: First US General to Die During the Civil War
June 24, 2025
Jodi Rell standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone.
M. Jodi Rell: Connecticut’s 87th Governor
June 16, 2025
Drawing of the state arms of Connecticut
Connecticut State Seal and Arms
May 30, 2025
Photograph of a whaling ship
Charles W. Morgan: New England’s Last Surviving Wooden Whaling Ship
May 28, 2025
A hand drawn map of New England
Edward Hopkins: Connecticut’s 2nd Governor
May 23, 2025
Photograph of a brick building
New London’s Hygienic Art Building
May 2, 2025
Photograph of a group of seated women in front of a building.
Martha Minerva Franklin: Breaking Barriers for Black Nurses
March 26, 2025
Detail of a map
“Legalized Piracy”: Connecticut’s Revolutionary War Privateers
March 17, 2025
Clipping from a newspaper
The Explosion of the Redding Baptist Meeting House
January 31, 2025
Man in a black sweatshirt and black overalls standing on a balcony.
Larry Kramer: Gay Rights and HIV/AIDS Activism
January 8, 2025
Two women sitting next to each other
Ethel Collins Dunham: Pioneer in Pediatrics
December 11, 2024
Photograph of an open-spandrel bridge over a river
Middletown’s Arrawanna Bridge
August 2, 2024
Black and white image of a building
Jonathan Trumbull’s Lebanon War Office: The “Pentagon of the Revolution”
July 29, 2024
Cabinet card portrait of a woman looking to the side
Sarah Harris Fayerweather
June 10, 2024
Modern style house in low lighting
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
May 31, 2024
A yellow painted house next to a road
Thankful Arnold’s House
May 28, 2024
Aerial photograph of a house and gardens
Battle of Goshen Point
May 15, 2024
Cover of a book titled "The Negro Motorist Green Book" with other text
Navigating Connecticut Safely: The Green Book’s Role in African American Travel
May 13, 2024
House with two chimneys
The Henry Whitfield House
May 3, 2024
Black and white photo of a large home
Ridgefield’s Keeler Tavern
April 27, 2024
Colorized postcard depicting a statue at Putnam Memorial State Park
Connecticut’s Valley Forge: The Redding Encampment and Putnam Memorial State Park
April 19, 2024
Gravestones at a cemetery
New England Society for Psychic Research: Connecticut Paranormal Investigators Leave Legacy of the Occult
April 5, 2024
Large house with trees and hedges
Woodstock’s Roseland Cottage
April 3, 2024
Side of a house with a painting on one wall
The Orrin Freeman House and the Spirit of ‘76
March 21, 2024
Advertisement with a drawing of a silk spooler and text
L.D. Brown and Son Silk Mill: A Staple in Middletown’s South Farms District
March 13, 2024
Full body painting of a woman in colonial dress holding a firearm looking outside
Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?
March 1, 2024
Detail of a map of Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown’s Beman Triangle: A Testament to Black Freedom and Resilience
December 13, 2023
A man sitting at a piano and a woman standing, singing
Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter
December 12, 2023
Drawing of a group of women gathered together sewing
Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America
December 11, 2023
Print showing three men working in a printshop preparing a plate for the press and operating the press, circa 1642
Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer
December 5, 2023
Engraving drawing of several buildings
John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History
November 14, 2023
Newspaper clipping with a large photograph of two people getting married with the headline "More than Partners"
Connecticut Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses for the First Time – Today In History: November 12
November 12, 2023
Two people standing next to a large printing press
Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry
October 5, 2023
Oil painting of numerous men gathered around a table listening to one man reading
Linonian and Brothers in Unity: The Societies that Built Yale University’s Library
October 2, 2023
Industrial scene where several men are working at a manufactured gas plant
Early Connecticut Gas Light Companies
September 26, 2023
Large building in the background across from a green lawn and walking path
Connecticut College for Women: The State’s First All-Female Institution of Higher Learning
September 12, 2023
Print of a factory
Illuminating Connecticut’s Past: The Bradley & Hubbard Legacy
September 11, 2023
Print of a parade of a two-faced Benedict Arnold through the streets of Philadelphia
New London’s Tradition of Burning Benedict Arnold…in Effigy – Who Knew?
September 6, 2023
Black and white photograph of a submarine draped in American flags on the water.
Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership
September 4, 2023
Section of a handwritten document
Black Loyalist Refugees: Toney Escapes During the Burning of Fairfield
September 1, 2023

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