Moments in Time – October 9, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 21, 1861, Union troops suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in Virginia, the second major engagement of the Civil War, which produced ... Continue Reading →

Couch Theater – August 15, 2024

#MiddleburyCT #Movies In Case You Missed It “Civil War” (R) – This dystopian thriller from A24 became the second highest-grossing film in the production company’s ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – June 19, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On July 1, 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America, which oversees the voluntary rating system for movies, introduced its new rating of PG-13, indicating material ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 20, 2022

#Middlebury On Aug. 4, 1753, George Washington, a young Virginia planter, becomes a Master Mason, the highest basic rank in Freemasonry. The ceremony was held at the Masonic Lodge ... Continue Reading →

Civil War picture frame held two photos

#Middlebury #Antiques By 1861, when the Civil War started, there already were several ways to take a picture. The first photos of a war were taken during the Mexican-American fight ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury in the Civil War – Part II

#Middlebury #CivilWar By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD All officers of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment Infantry were white. African Americans and Native Americans had served in every ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury in the Civil War – Part I

#Middlebury #AfricanAmerican By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD As the United States Army surged farther south during the height of the Civil War in 1863, it succeeded in routing Robert E. Lee ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Civil War took Bronson family member

#MIDDLEBURY   By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD On the same day, May 2, 1863, that Confederate General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson lay mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, ... Continue Reading →