Moments in Time – April 17, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 29, 2004, the World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C. The granite and bronze monument stands on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 10, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 22, 2000, 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who was the sole survivor of an abortive attempt by 13 other Cuban citizens to enter America as illegal immigrants, was ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 3, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 15, 1945, British troops liberated the German Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they discovered thousands of dead and rotting corpses, and many more thousands ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 31, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 8, 1930, baseball legend Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract for a then enormous sum of $160,000 with the New York Yankees, prompting the team’s general ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 20, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 1, 1988, a federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, dismissed a sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton, stating it had no “genuine issues” ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 13, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On March 25, 2017, the world’s largest banana split made its debut in Innisfail, Australia. Concocted with 40,000 bananas, it stretched for an astounding 5 miles ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 6, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On March 18, 1971, a 100-foot tsunami, caused by a massive rock avalanche that crashed into Lake Yanahuani from a height of 1,300 feet, destroyed a Peruvian mining camp ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 28, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On March 11, 2021, England’s Prince William made a public statement declaring that the British royal family was not a racist one. The announcement came on the heels ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 21, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On March 4, 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd U.S. president. He would later notably lead the country out ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 14, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 26, 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass (later Jazz) Band recorded “Livery Stable Blues,” the world’s first jazz record, for the Victor Talking ... Continue Reading →