Benedict Arnold is Norwich's most infamous native son. Discover the story of Arnold's early years growing up in Norwich while learning about other Norwich figures that played an important role during the American Revolution. Author and professor, Brian F. Carso,...

Ellis Walter Ruley was a self-taught African American artist from Norwich. In 1933, he married a white woman named Wilhelmina Fox, and as Norwich’s first interracial couple, Ellis and Wilhelmina faced considerable unkindness from disapproving neighbors. The couple, along with...