Travel in Time with Dan: Arlington House—Competing Loyalties and Lasting Consequences Hey everybody, how are you doing? It’s Dan Blanchard here with another edition of Travel in Time with Dan, where we mix travel with history, with leadership, and… of course… with me, Dan Blanchard! Today, we are standing on the high ground of […]
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret Cold War Nuclear Missiles Beneath Middletown, Connecticut In Episode 130 of Travel in Time with Dan, host Dan Blanchard takes viewers to a quiet suburban setting in Middletown, Connecticut, revealing a startling piece of local Cold War history: between 1956 and 1968, nuclear missiles were hidden beneath the ground
The Legacy of Buckeley Stadium: Where Babe Ruth Took His Final Swing Have you ever driven past a quiet intersection or a disused lot and wondered what history took place right beneath your feet? If you stand near the intersection of Hanmer Street and George Street in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut—just off Franklin
America’s Forgotten First President: The Remarkable Story of Samuel Huntington When asked to name the first President of the United States, virtually every student, history buff, and citizen answers without hesitation: George Washington. While Washington indisputably served as the nation’s first chief executive under the United States Constitution ratified in 1789, American independence began years
The Great 1754 Windham Frog Fight: How Colonial Panic Became a Civic Legend Fear and Fog in Colonial Connecticut On a suffocatingly dark, fog-choked night in the summer of 1754, an unearthly racket shattered the pitch-black silence of Willimantic, a bustling village located within the township of Windham, Connecticut. Deep mist rolled heavily off the
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