New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1917, Page 17

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 13, NEW ENGLAND RICH INHISTORIC SPOTS “New Haven” Road Issues Book | Descriptive of “Great Northeast” | New England, as the birthplace of thousands of men and women who have made their indelible stamp upon the conscience and character of the whole United States, crowded with historic places, acters that few who borders are fully cognizant of their {ori(fik@. In this respect the New Engwinder may be likened to the na- tive of New York whose country cous- in can tell him more about the places of interest in that great metropolis is so events and char- live within her than the native had ever suspected existed. i It is ouly when the places, events | and persons of historic interest chronicled in a compact booklet that the New Englander can obtain a full realization of the important part this section of country has plaved in the development of the United States. | Such a booklet has just bheen com- piled by Herbert F. Sherwood and is | being distributed by the General Pas- | senger Department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. It is entitltd ‘‘Historic | Places of New England.” It contains | ty pages of closely typed records | of historic men and cvents that are of Interest to persons from other parts of the country. There are nearly sixty | photographs of monuments and buildings that have a national as well as a local interest; and there is also a large map of the New England ter- ritory upon which are marked with large red dots the cities and towns of particular interest that are described ih the reading matter. The hooklet is really a compendium of the industrial, educational, histori- cal, religious and literary develop- ment of New England. It is doubt- ful if there is a corresponding area,in | the United States so rich in “Shrines’” as this section of the count With- in_her borders the “first written con- stitution adopted by a people that ever ‘organized a government”’ was ap- proved hy the Connecticut Colony in 1639. The first public school main- tained by taxation was established in New England. These two facts alone would place New England upon an enviable pedestal, for it is upon the principles of constitutional govern- ment and free education that the United States has made democracy a success. New England in Literature. In literature New England has produced many of the brightest lights of the country, and the names of Longfellow, Holmes, Lowell, Emerson, Bryant, Aldrich, Whittier, Hawthorne and Alcott, all New Englanders, are bnown and revered wherever the English language is spoken. Among the great reformers of the country William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Harriet Beecher Stowe are claimed as New Englanders. Morse, Goodyear, Whitney and Howe are among the inventors. In educa- tion the names of Silliman, Dwight, Whitney and Eliot command instaht recognition throughout the world, and in Berlin, Conn.,, was born Emma Hart Willard, the great pioneer in the higher education for women. The democratic religious denominations, the Congregational, the Baptist and the Unitarian, each founded on the principles of self-government and self- interpretation, were developed in New England. Every profession and trade is rep- resented in the roster of famous men produced in New England. Many of the greatest statesmen, lawyers, phy- sicians, newspapermen, railroad huild- ers and executives, financiers, captains of industry, clergymen and soldiers whose names are by-words throughout the length and breadth of the nation were the products of New England To mention all the towns and cities in New England that are prominently associated with historical events would not be feasible except in a special booklet devoted to that purpose. There are over one hundred and fifty such places chronicled in the booklet “His- toric Places of New England,” and jdentified on the map with red dots. Boston has a rich heritage of his torical men and events. Sixty-six distinct references are made in the booklet under the heading of New England's largest city. To mention a few others in the alphabetical order in which they are chronicled in the bgoklet, Canterbury, Conn., has the distinction of being the birthplace of the founder of one of Ohio's greatest cities, Cleveland. General Moses, Cleaveland was born in Canterbury. Paul Revere made powder for the Fevolutionary army in Canton, Mass., | and Boston, Lexington and South | Braintree are also associated with his pame. Central Falls, R. I, was prominent in King Philip's war. Con- chrd, Mass., was the home of the Al- cotts, and FEmerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne lived there. It was the scene of conflict between British regulars and the Minute Men in 17 Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, | Conn. James Montzomery Bailey, the “Danbury News Man,” lived in Dan- pbry. Dedham, Mass,, is celebrated as being the home of the first free school, of swhich there is any record, gupported by taxation. Deerfield, Mass., was thrice victim Indian | warfare. General William Hull and Comm>- ! dore Isaac Hull, heroes of the war of 18 were born in Derby, Conn.| puxbury, Mass., will forever be asso- elated with the names of John Aldén and Myles Standish. In Fast Wind- sor, Conn., was horn in 1703, Jona- | than Edwards, the great theologian. ! Fall River, Mass, was the sscene of an important battle in the Revolution. | Great Barrington was the site of many ! pattles and also the home for many | vears of William Cullen Bryant. Guilford, Conn., contains many houses hat date back to pre-Revolutionary of are | also | B “HERE LIVES A FIGHTING MAN,” MARINES’ SIGN TELLS PUBLIC A new card that will soon appear on many houses throughout the United States has been prepared for distribution by the TUnited States marine: been designed to re- place formerly distributed by | that organization, that read: *“A man ' _—— da It is also the town where Lyman Beecher, while fishing, met Roxana Foote, granddaughter of | General Andrew Ward, and afterward married her. She was the mother of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hartford and Charter Qak. Hartford is another city that is rich in historical shrines. Here was the Charter Oak, the tree in which Con- necticut’s early charter was hidden. It was the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner, and USED CARS AT from this house is serving in the TUnited States marine corps. The new announcement, printed in white and blue letters on a facsimile of the French tricolor, bears the simple but very impressive legend: “A man from this house is fighting France with United States marine amuel L, Clemens (Mark Twain); Noah ebster, the lexicographer John Fiske, the historian, and J. Pier- pont Morgan, the financier, were born here. Lebanon, Conn., was the birth- place and home of statesmen and sol- diers of Revolutionary days, among whom were “Brother Jonathan™ Trumbull, governor of Connecticut and close friend of Washington. Lexington, Mass., will be remembered throughout the United States for the part it played in the attack of the British in 1775. The Minute Man monument is located here. 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It was here that Benedict Arnold, upon receiving news of Lexington, mustered on the Green the famous Guards, of which he was organizer and captain ,and started for Cambridge. It was also Arnold who burned the town of New London, September 6, 1781; and it was in New London that Nathan Hale was teach- ing school when the Revolution broke out. Newport, R. I, is the site (\f‘ the O1d State House, a building of his- | torical importance, Northampton, Mass., was the home of Jonathan | Edwards and the Dwight family. Pittsfleld contains the Henry TW. Longfellow house, and it was the summer home of Oliver Wendell | Holmes. | Plymouth, Mass., landing place of the Mayflower com- | pany, and it was here that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated, 1621, Providence, besides being the place where Brown University was founded in 1764, has many historic shrines. | Provincetown and Quincy, Mass., are both prominent in United States his- | tory. The latter is noted among other things as the place where the first railroad in the United States was laid, 1826-27. It was built to transport | the stone for the Bunker Hill monu- ment. Presidents John Adams and John Quiney Adams were born in Quincy. Cyrus W. Field was born in | Stockbridge, Mass. Many athers could be mentioned, for the booklet cgntains the names of | places, events and persons on every | one of its sixty pages that are familiar not only to the inhabitants of New England but to the people of the rest of the country, The booklet will doubtless be found most useful for ference purposes. is known as the Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. ! the 'SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOL AT DANBURY Term of Four Weeks Will Be Held in Aungust A summer Normal school under the direction of the State Board of Edu- cation will bBe held at the Danbury Normal school, Danbury, for four weeks during the month of August. 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