Moments in Time – March 24, 2021

#Middlebury On April 5, 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Feb. 19, 2020

#Middlebury On March 7, 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention – the telephone. Bell’s patent filing beat a similar claim ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – June 13, 2018

#Middlebury #MomentsInTime On June 27, 1829, English scientist James Smithson dies, leaving behind a will with a peculiar footnote. Smithson decreed that the whole of his fortune would ... Continue Reading →