Moments in Time – October 5, 2022

#Middlebury On Oct. 21, 1797, the USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate, is launched in Boston Harbor. She was built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli and won ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – August 3, 2022

#Middlebury On Aug. 19, 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” catches the British warship Guerriere 600 miles east of Boston where the Constitution ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Aug. 1, 2018

#Middlebury On Aug. 18, 1590, 100 colonists are discovered to be missing from the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina. The only clue to their disappearance was the ... Continue Reading →