If you are a regular reader, you already know that I am interested in how historical events connect and weave together to form our common human fabric. I am continually
The controversial statue of Captain John Mason, who led the massacre of the Pequot Indians during the battle of Mystic in 1637, will stay on the state Capitol a.
Some guys just don’t know when they’re not wanted. Take Captain John Mason, a founder of Hartford. He is now known as an Indian killer by people who have learned the truth about the 1637 massacre in Mystic, Connecticut of 500 Pequot men, women, children, and elders.
His nine-foot, two-ton stone likeness was voted out of Mystic in 1996 and moved to Windsor. Now in 2021 he is being evicted from that town as well. Soon he will vacate the premises atop the Connecticut State Capitol, thanks to three years of hard work by State Sen. Cathy Osten.
Why can’t John Mason and his defenders take a hint?