Moments in Time – January 17, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published in The Evening Mirror in New York. The eerie work, which earned its author the sum ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 8, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 25, 1570, Pope Pius V declared England’s Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her from the Roman Catholic Church by way of a papal bull releasing ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 9, 2022

#Middlebury On March 24, 1603, after 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies. Elizabeth had repealed pro-Catholic legislation, established a permanent Protestant Church ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Jan. 22, 2020

#Middlebury On Feb. 8, 1587, after 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth ... Continue Reading →