To celebrate the 160th anniversary of the return of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment from the Civil War, we are organizing a memorial walk, following in the exact footsteps of the soldiers during the Hartford parade they were given on November 24,1865!  The walk will occur on Saturday November 22, 2025. 

In October 1637, the Connecticut colony passed a law in response to Native American's fighting back against the encroachment of English settlers. The law allowed for enslavement of Native Americans if they destroyed the property of English settlers.

In October 1637, the Connecticut colony passed a law in response to Native American's fighting back against the encroachment of English settlers. The law allowed for enslavement of Native Americans if they destroyed the property of English settlers.

On June 19, 2025 at 10am, the Alex Breanne Corporation in Collaboration with Simsbury Historical Society and the Town of Simsbury will be unveiling a new monument at Simsbury Cemetery honoring a historic black couple and their family. Their names are Peter and Esther Jackson.

In 1835, James and Martha Bulloch, the grandparents of Theodore Roosevelt, traveled from Roswell Georgia to Connecticut.