In honor of Connecticut Freedom Trail Month in September, the Norwich Historical Society and the City of Norwich are pleased to mark this momentous occasion of commemorating the addition of the Ellis Walter Ruley Memorial Park on the Connecticut Freedom…
Monday was supposed to be the date of our annual meeting and volunteer appreciation reception, but in light of this unprecedented public health crisis, we have decided to postpone our event to a future date to be determined. We hope…
Norwich — Historic preservation advocates are working against the calendar to save a modest, white cape-style house at 232 W. Town St. that likely dates back nearly to the town’s founding and was the centerpiece for one of the earliest religious…
Norwich — Crews from the archaeological firm Historical Perspectives Inc. drilled several test pit holes in the rear of properties at 61, 63 and 65 Town St. on Thursday before construction of a proposed Burger King restaurant on property that abuts…
Eighteen years into its existence, it came time for the Norwich Historical Society to name its first executive director. Deciding to make the move was the hard part. Knowing who to hire was easy. Regan Miner, the society’s paid consultant,…
Benedict Arnold is an historical figure fraught with enmity; his very name being synonymous with the word traitor. Despite Arnold’s damning defection to the British, he was a fierce patriot for the Continental Army and often put himself in the…
Benedict Arnold is an historical figure fraught with enmity; his very name being synonymous with the word traitor. Despite Arnold’s damning defection to the British, he was a fierce patriot for the Continental Army and often put himself in the…
Members of the Colchester Continentals fire and drum corps lead a procession from the Norwich Historical Society’s third annual History Day into the historic Norwichtown Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Samuel Huntington on Sunday, Sept. 30,…
Norwich – The city has all the ingredients to become a thriving center of heritage tourism and should take advantage of it by creating a unifying identity and promoting it with a coordinated marketing efort so it becomes part of…
By John Penney jpenney@norwichbulletin.com, (860) 857-6965 Posted Jan 14, 2018 at 7:08 PM Link for article: Here NORWICH — Biography, said author Eric Lehman, is the art of forgiveness. And when it comes to tackling the subject of Benedict Arnold, the notorious son of Norwich whose…
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