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The Friends of Fort Trumbull to present a program on Prudence Crandall
On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Friends of Fort Trumbull will present a program on Prudence Crandall, the Connecticut State Hero. Because of Covid-19, this program will be presented on Zoom as part of the Friends 2021 program on Women s Suffrage.
Many people know that Crandall established an early academy for African-American women in 1833; however, few realize that she also participated in the Woman Suffrage Movement and other social justice reforms after leaving Connecticut. Joan DiMartino will share how Crandall continued her activism years after her school closed, focusing on her work with women s rights. As Crandall once said, I venture to enlist in the ranks of those who…dare hold combat with prevailing iniquity.
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The Friends of Fort Trumbull to present a program on Prudence Crandall
On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Friends of Fort Trumbull will present a program on Prudence Crandall, the Connecticut State Hero. Because of Covid-19, this program will be presented on Zoom as part of the Friends 2021 program on Women s Suffrage.
Many people know that Crandall established an early academy for African-American women in 1833; however, few realize that she also participated in the Woman Suffrage Movement and other social justice reforms after leaving Connecticut. Joan DiMartino will share how Crandall continued her activism years after her school closed, focusing on her work with women s rights. As Crandall once said, I venture to enlist in the ranks of those who…dare hold combat with prevailing iniquity.
I have been a staff photographer on The Day s visual team since 2017. After graduating with a degree in photojournalism in 2010 I have worked across the country, from Ohio to Washington, at strong community newspapers before returning to my New England roots. You can frequently find me looking for slice-of-life feature photos across our community, working on a different angle at events, with a camera in both hands at sporting events, always capturing the storytelling moments to share with our readers.
Sarah Gordon
I have been a staff photographer on The Day s visual team since 2017. After graduating with a degree in photojournalism in 2010 I have worked across the country, from Ohio to Washington, at strong community newspapers before returning to my New England roots. You can frequently find me looking for slice-of-life feature photos across our community, working on a different angle at events, with a camera in both hands at sporting events, always capturing the storytelling
Let s be honest, it was a rich philanthropist from New Orleans who nurtured and helped fund the concept of building the National Coast Guard Museum on the downtown New London waterfront.
James Coleman not only brought on board his own lawyer, who for a while helped deliver momentum to the project, but he bought the downtown Union Station to help facilitate the use of the problematic proposed site.
But Coleman died two years ago, and there is no sign of the same kind of guardian angel appearing anywhere on the horizon.
Not only is the museum project dead in the water, having missed years worth of deadlines for raising the money needed to build it, but the back-of-the-envelope guesses as to how much it might eventually cost are so old as to be worthless.