Moments in Time – July 20, 2022
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On Aug. 4, 1753, George Washington, a young Virginia planter, becomes a Master Mason, the highest basic rank in Freemasonry. The ceremony was held at the Masonic Lodge ... Continue Reading →
Civil War picture frame held two photos
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By 1861, when the Civil War started, there already were several ways to take a picture. The first photos of a war were taken during the Mexican-American fight ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury in the Civil War – Part II
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
All officers of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment Infantry were white. African Americans and Native Americans had served in every ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury in the Civil War – Part I
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
As the United States Army surged farther south during the height of the Civil War in 1863, it succeeded in routing Robert E. Lee ... Continue Reading →
It Happened in Middlebury – Civil War took Bronson family member
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
On the same day, May 2, 1863, that Confederate General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson lay mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, ... Continue Reading →
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