Moments in Time – April 23, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On May 5, 1945, Elsie Mitchell and five neighborhood children were killed while attempting to drag a Japanese balloon out of the woods. The balloon was armed and exploded ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 16, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 28, 1953, inventor Howard Ross received a patent for his “double coat,” which contained an outer layer extendable to cover two people. It was designed ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 9, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 21, 1966, a bar crawl in New York’s West Village led to what became known as the “Sip-In,” when Dick Leitsch, Craig Rodwell and John Timmons ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 2, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 14, 1932, Loretta Lynn (née Webb) entered the world in Butcher Hollow, KY. A bride at 15 and grandmother by 29, she went on to become one of country music’s ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 26, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 7, 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent a letter to Congress endorsing America’s participation in an international campaign to preserve ancient temples ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 20, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile issued the Alhambra Decree, which mandated that all Jews be expelled from the country by ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 12, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On March 24, 1965, the first “teach-in” was conducted at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in which 200 faculty members led special anti-war seminars ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 5, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On March 17, 1905, future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin once removed, in New York. Former President Theodore Roosevelt ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 26, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On March 10, 1948, the communist-controlled government of Czechoslovakia reported that noncommunist Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk had died after jumping out of a window. ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 17, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On March 3, 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in as the 19th president of the United States in the Red Room of the White House. Two days later, he was again inaugurated, ... Continue Reading →