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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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