Hartford Food System - Implements programs and advances policies that promote a sustainable and equitable food system News history newsletter information on programs list of upcoming events and how to get involved
Center City Churches - Provides a soup kitchen food pantry fuel bank emergency assistance weekend meals for seniors after-school tutoring program family resource centers and supportive AIDS housing
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford - Offers year-round programs and activities that focus on character and leadership development arts cultural enrichment fitness and recreation from six locations around the city
The Hartford Convention - Article by Albert E Van Dusen presented by the Connecticut Humanities Council
The Founders of Hartford - Names of the 163 men and women listed in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford before February 1640 Their names are on a monument in Hartford s Ancient Burying Ground
Hartford s Burying Grounds - Photos and information on cemeteries in Hartford including Spring Grove Old North Cedar Hill Old South and Center Church which is also known as the Ancient Burying Ground
1944 Hartford Circus Fire Memorial - Contemporary color photos and information on the memorial established on the site of the 1944 circus fire
Hartford Black History Project Inc - Community-based non-profit organization which makes historical information and artifacts accessible to students and the public through an exhibit the Internet and by hosting educational and cultural events
Headlines from the Decades - Sample of some interesting news items from the 1700s-1900s in Hartford history
Old North Cemetery - Photos and information on cemetery in which Frederick Law Olmsted Horace Bushnell Daniel Wadsworth and other notables are buried
Cedar Hill Cemetery - Photographic survey and historical information on notables including Samuel Colt and J P Morgan buried at cemetery designed by Jacob Weidenmann in 1865
Children s Law Center of Connecticut - A nonprofit agency providing indigent children with experienced lawyers Provides information in legal matters involving children and advocates in support of legislative policies that advance the wellbeing of children
The Village - Private nonprofit community service organization dedicated to stopping child abuse and family violence Information on services calendar training advocacy locations employment and volunteering
Alliance Francaise de Hartford - Nonprofit organization devoted to public awareness of the French culture Events classes publications and information exchange
The Lyceum - Educational resource and conference center that provides headquarters to The Melville Charitable Trust and the Partnership for Strong Communities along with an auditorium and conference facilities
Aetna Foundation Children’s Center - Children’s advocacy center based at Saint Francis Care Center and affiliated with the National Children’s Alliance an organization dedicated to assisting families and their children affected by child abuse
Zion Hill Cemetery - Contemporary color photos with overview of burying ground in the Frog Hollow neighborhood
Thomas Hooker - Reprint of article by Alice Porter that was originally published in the July August 1906 edition of Connecticut Magazine
Connecticut SaveaPup - Nonprofit organization that adopts street strays from the Hartford dog pound Profiles and pictures of dogs available for adoption and contact information
Thomas McManus Plaque - Commemorates a man who served in the Union Army 1862-1863 as a major in the 25th Connecticut Regiment Located in Barry Square
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch - Designed by reknown architect George A Keller it is one of the earliest monuments in Connecticut to use the term Civil War in its lettering Located in Bushnell Park
Petersburg Express - Cannon that was used by the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery in the campaign before Petersburg in 1864 and 1865 Located on the grounds of the state capitol building
Andersonville Boy - Memorializes the many Connecticut prisoners of war who suffered and died at the Andersonville Georgia prison hospital Located on the grounds of the state capitol building
Griffin A Stedman Monument - Memorializes a highly regarded general evokes the early scenes of enlistment and mustering in for seven regiments that Hartford sent to the war Located in Barry Square
Old South Cemetery - List of names known to be buried the city s second-oldest graveyard
Forlorn Soldier - Brownstone of a typical soldier figure that is thought to have been a reject because through error the wrong foot was placed forward Located on Airport Road
Weld Monument - Significant historically because of its relationship to black troops in the Union forces during the Civil War Located in Old North Cemetery
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