October 2025

Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 30: The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch

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Travel in Time with Dan: Uncovering the History and Sacrifice at America’s First Memorial Arch   Hello everyone! This is Dan Blanchard with the Travel in Time with Dan Show, where we combine travel, history, and leadership. Today, we are stopping in Hartford, Connecticut, to explore the incredible Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch located in […]

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 28: Andover Monument Park (Agent Orange)

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Traveling in Time with Dan: Why We Must Remember the Legacy of Agent Orange at Andover Monument Park Welcome to the Travel in Time with Dan Show! Today, we’re mixing travel, history, and leadership as we explore the Andover Connecticut Monument Park. This location is incredibly significant because it holds one of the very few

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 27: UCONN Basketball (Basketball Capital of the World)

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From Aggies to Champions: How UConn Became the Basketball Capital of the World   Hey everybody, this is Dan Blanchard with the Travel in Time with Dan Show! I’m currently at the University of Connecticut Sports Museum, soaking in all the incredible history (and I highly recommend you come check it out!). While all UConn

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 26: General John Stark, N.H.

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Travel in Time with Dan: General John Stark—The Man Behind “Live Free or Die”   We recently mixed travel, history, and leadership on the Travel in Time with Dan Show, visiting Manchester, New Hampshire, at the historical site of General John Stark’s house. If you are familiar with New Hampshire, you know General Stark as

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 25: Bancroft Tower, MA

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Traveling Through Time: Uncovering the History and Legacy of Bancroft Tower   Welcome to the “Travel in Time with Dan Show,” where we mix travel, history, and leadership. Today, we are exploring a structure that looks like a medieval castle but is situated right here in Worcester, Massachusetts: the Bancroft Tower. Built in 1900, this

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 24: The CCC Boys Museum, CT

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Travel in Time: Remembering the CCC Boys and the Power of Trying Something New   Hello everyone, and welcome to a journey through history and leadership, inspired by a visit to the CCC Museum in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. The story of the CCC—the Civilian Conservation Corps—is deeply rooted in one of the most challenging periods

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 23: Amistad in Farmington, CT

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Moral Courage and Community Action: Discovering the Village of Amistad in Farmington, CT   Hey everybody, how you doing? This is Dan Blanchard with the Travel in Time with Dan Show. Today, we’re diving deep into an incredible historical moment right here in Farmington, Connecticut, a place proudly known today as the Village of Amistad.

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 22: Eli Whitney, CT

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The Crazy, Contradictory Legacy of Eli Whitney: How One Man Helped Start—and End—the Civil War Travel in Time with Dan: Reflections from the Eli Whitney Museum Greetings, history travelers! Dan Blanchard here, checking in from a truly marvelous and historic site: the Eli Whitney Museum in Hampton, Connecticut. As you walk the property, you can

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 21: The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT

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From New Haven Outset to Hartford Gain   The story of the Courant begins not in Hartford, but with a slight twist of fate involving Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. A man named Thomas Green was the publisher of a newspaper in New Haven, Connecticut (possibly the New Haven Gazette). Benjamin Franklin wanted to secure a

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