Title:
Planning already under way for Groton's big 3-0-0
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Planning for Groton's 300th birthday in 2005
Groton's Tercentennial Comittee
Groton's Tercentennial Comittee
Object ID:
Kim09-032
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/15/2003
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Groton began as part of John Winthrop's Pequot Plantation in 1646 and will celebrate its tercentennial in 2005. Connecticut's only true battle of the Revolutionary War took place at Fort Griswold on Groton Heights and many famous and interesting characters called Groton home: Mother Bailey, Mary Jobe Akeley, Nathan Daboll and Captain James Monroe Buddington. A book of historic images of Groton will be published by Arcadia Press.
People:
Stoddard, Duncan
Winthrop, John
Bailey, Mother
Akeley, Mary Jobe
Daboll, Nathan
Buddington, James Monroe (Capt.)
Queen Victoria
Comrie, Marilyn
Streeter, Jim
Howard, Benton (Lt. Cmdr.)
Winthrop, John
Bailey, Mother
Akeley, Mary Jobe
Daboll, Nathan
Buddington, James Monroe (Capt.)
Queen Victoria
Comrie, Marilyn
Streeter, Jim
Howard, Benton (Lt. Cmdr.)
Search Terms:
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book of historic Groton
photographs
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