Fried Cheese at Shady Glen
It’s Cheese. And it’s Fried. ‘Nuff Said. Shady Glen, Manchester July 2009 This page is going into the “unique food as far as I know it” file… which is very important. That way, I’ll feel better about the fact that my son and I ate several pieces of cheese – make that FRIED cheese – […]
Freedom Trail: Bridgeport (2)
Walters A.M.E. Zion Church, 423 Broad Street Walters African American Episcopal Zion Church has been located at this site since 1882. When its original structure was destroyed by fire in 1951, the current building was erected on the surviving foundation. The church is one of the last surviving landmarks of “Little Liberia,” a once-thriving free […]
URR Trail: New London
Joshua Hempsted House 11 Hempsted Street We all went down to New London for a day at Sailfest. That was a bust as Damian wasn’t into it, but I made it worth our while with a quick stop here. The museum wasn’t open, but I got my picture for the URR Trail – and this […]
Concept of Freedom Trail: New London (3)
Hempsted Historic District Area surrounding 11 Hempsted Street Located in the center of New London and surrounding the seventeenth-century Joshua Hempsted House (see different info over at the Underground Railroad section), the Hempsted Historic District includes houses that were purchased by free African Americans in the 1840s. These proper ties were sold by Hempsted descendants, […]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Manchester
Walter Bunce House 34 Bidwell Street While there are many structures in the Southern states which are attributed to the craftsmanship of African Americans, few such buildings exist in New England. One example, however, is the Walter Bunce House, constructed by Alpheus Quicy. Born in June 1774, Quicy dealt in real estate in southeastern Connecticut […]