Author: Robert Kinney

(Hartford, CT) Katherine Noonan  read and discussed poems that were written by Wilfred Owen, a famous poet from the World War I era.  Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier and considered to be one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings about the human experience during the war. Through his poetry, he exp...

(Hartford, CT ) Author Laura Macaluso discussed her latest book, New Haven in World War I. During World War I, New Haven, Connecticut was a hive of wartime activity. The city hummed with munition production from the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, while food conservation campaigns, canning kitchens, and book drives contributed to the war effort. Meanwhile, Walter Camp, fathe...

(Hartford)- Dr. Allison Horrocks gave a presentation on Connecticut's history of youth and recreation in the Progressive Era, at the Connecticut State Library, in the Museum of Connecticut History. Dr. Horrocks discussed the development of recreations and parks in Connecticut during the Progressive Era. During the Progressive Era, Connecticut was highly regarded by many expe...

(Hartford, CT) – Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Steve Thornton, and John Monahan were part of a special Third Thursday panel discussion about how we commemorate war. The event was held on April 20, 2017, at the Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford. Libraries, museums and archives around Connecticut (and around the country) continue to develop and offer exhibits and ...

Military Historian Mark Albertson  gave a talk on the history of the Battleship USS Connecticut.  The USS Connecticut was commissioned on September 29,1906 and was considered the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy.  The USS Connecticut was one of 16 ships that made up the Great White Fleet that traveled 46,729 miles around the world.  This was considered the greatest peacetime...

Ray Bendici presented excerpts from his latest book, Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History, on April 21, 2016.  The book features 15 short biographies of Connecticut’s most notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Constitution State.  From murderers and charming criminals to ruthless industrialists and l...