Moments in Time – July 24, 2024

Jul 24th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – July 24, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Aug. 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan began firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers who’d gone on strike two days before, after negotiations with the federal government ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – May 1, 2024

May 1st, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – May 1, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On May 13, 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon’s car was attacked and nearly overturned by an angry crowd shouting anti-American slogans as Nixon traveled through ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 22, 2023

Mar 22nd, 2023 Comments Off on Moments in Time – March 22, 2023
#MiddleburyCT On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens more than 1,500 years after the last Games, which originated in Olympia in southwestern Greece. Two ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 30, 2020

Apr 30th, 2020 Comments Off on Moments in Time – April 30, 2020
#Middlebury On May 17, 1792, a group of 24 traders gather in lower Manhattan to work out the regulations of the speculative market. The result was the Buttonwood Agreement, a two-sentence ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 20, 2019

Mar 20th, 2019 Comments Off on Moments in Time – March 20, 2019
#Middlebury On April 7, 1776, Navy Capt. John Barry, commander of the American warship Lexington, makes the first American naval capture of a British vessel when he takes command of ... Continue Reading →
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