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Muskets and pickling: Fifth Regiment brings CT’s Revolutionary War era to life

Last week, members of the 54-year-old regiment gathered in Greenwich where they made camp and prepared for battle in front of the yacht club.

In 1777, CT passed two laws that incentivized slaveowners to send Black soldiers into war.

“Connecticut’s Revolution” is the largest exhibition the Museum of Connecticut History has installed in decades.

On Tuesday, just days before the nation’s 250th anniversary, crowds notably absent and few of the state exhibits had lines to enter.

Plus: A $25 minimum wage push, housing grants for small towns, free bus fares for July 4th, and an online forum with Lamont and Elliott.

The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont is sticking to its decision to not participate in President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair.

Connecticut’s enslaved population of 5,098 in 1774 was larger than any other New England colony before the Revolutionary War.

In 1976, students at Vernon’s Northeast School buried a time capsule that was unearthed this month. Notes, photos and more were on display.

Connecticut’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary opened this week with modest support from the state amid cuts to federal funding.

The planning comes during one of America’s periodic paroxysms over whether there still are self-evident truths in our polarized politics.