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... that the Bradley Airport Connector, a freeway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, was renamed the "82nd Airborne Memorial Highway" in 1999 to honor the 82nd Airborne Division?
... that the town of Morris, Connecticut is named in honor of coeducation pioneer Major James Morris, who served in the Continental Army with George Washington?
...that a portion of Connecticut Route 108 was part of an early highway system in the town of Stratford, Connecticut?

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...that the Native American Old Connecticut Path from Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Connecticut River across from Hartford, was the very first of the American trails that led west from the Atlantic seacoast settlement, towards the interior?
...that Connecticut Route 136 is one of only two state highways in Connecticut that has a gap in state maintenance?
... that the Norfolk, Connecticut-based performing arts venue Infinity Hall was built in 1883 as a combination opera house, barber shop and saloon?

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... that among Connecticut's contributions to the American Civil War are the Henry rifle and the song "Marching Through Georgia"?
...that Richard Blumenthal is Connecticut Attorney General and was awarded the Raymond E. Baldwin Award for Public Service by the Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2002?
...that the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut has architectural influences ranging from Byzantine to Romanesque architecture?

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...that Judges Cave and Regicides Trail in West Rock Ridge, Connecticut, USA were named for two judges who hid in the area in 1660 after signing the death warrant of the King, Charles I?
...that the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in Connecticut will be reconstructed as the first extradosed bridge in the United States?
...that following its industrialization, Bridgeport, Connecticut became a manufacturing center producing such goods as the famous Bridgeport milling machine, brass fittings, carriages, sewing machines, saddles, and ammunition?

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...that the "Shakespeare Lady", a schizophrenic street performer in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut, has her own trading card?
...that chalcocite, a profitable and desirable kind of copper ore, was particularly plentiful in the now-depleted copper mines of Cornwall, England and Bristol, Connecticut?
...that, dating back to 1682, Connecticut has suffered more than 100 tornadoes, including the sixth most damaging in United States history and one which killed up to 34 people.

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...that Alse Young from Windsor, Connecticut, was hanged in 1647, and is believed to have been the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies?
...that Hartford, Connecticut's Webster Theater, opened in 1937 as a movie theater, is now a music venue where Incubus and No Doubt performed when they were barely known?
...that Abby and Julia Smith fought for women's suffrage by refusing to pay taxes to the Town of Glastonbury, Connecticut and almost lost their property Kimberly Mansion?

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... that Rogers Orchards in Southington, Connecticut has been owned and run by seven generations of the same family since 1807?
... that The Corporate Center in Danbury, Connecticut is an innovative structure built on 5,000 pillars, some up to 40-feet (12 m) tall, to accommodate the hilly terrain?
... that the Connecticut River Museum is located in a restored 1878 steamboat warehouse?

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... that despite being set in New York, All Good Things has been filmed mostly in Connecticut, partly because of the state's "scenic and period locations"?
... that Holy Land USA,, a Connecticut theme park intended to replicate Bethlehem and Jerusalem of the biblical era, once attracted more than 40,000 visitors annually?
... that the Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center hosts a biennial competition for artists living or working in Connecticut?

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... that the Pinchot Sycamore, a centuries-old American sycamore, is the largest tree in Connecticut?
... that St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York, was originally built as a replica of a Church in New Haven, Connecticut?

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