Moments in Time – November 27, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 9, 1990, Lech Walesa, founder of the Solidarity trade union, won a landslide election victory, becoming the first directly elected Polish leader. On Dec. 10, ... Continue Reading →

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 →

Moments in Time – November 25, 2020

#Middlebury On Dec. 10, 1690, a near-mutiny forces the Massachusetts Bay Colony to issue the first paper currency in the Western Hemisphere. Soldiers were typically paid in coins, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 14, 2020

#Middlebury On Oct. 27, 1659, William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson, two Quakers who came from England in 1656 to escape religious persecution, are executed in the Massachusetts ... Continue Reading →