History
Memorial Day – what I remember
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It is a special time, this day when we remember. The sun shines, the flags fly. Parades march down every town’s main street.
Historic Footnotes
A Chinese puzzle
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Sometimes in history two seemingly unrelated events will fit together to solve a puzzle—and also add another fascinating footnote to the history of Granby.
Celebrating 50
Front page news…in the 1980s
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Newspaper editors agonize over the content of the front page whether it’s the New York Times or The Granby Drummer. On any given day there may be several events in play that deserve a “lead” headline and right-top placement.
1945 to 2020
Salmon Brook Historical Society celebrates Platinum Jubilee
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Today’s Salmon Brook Historical Society (SBHS) began modestly, humbly housed in the basement of the old Granby Public Library (presently the Granby Food Bank operated by the Farmington Valley Visiting Nurses Association).
History
Who’s Who in Granby: Judge William Maltbie
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I have always enjoyed reading tombstones in Granby Cemetery. Each stone has a short biography of the person buried there.
Historic Footnotes
The Social Literary Society in North Granby
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The image of Granby in the early 1800s is one of a typical small New England town. Almost everyone was a farmer, even the men who also operated mills.
History
A Connecticut legend from Granby
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What do the Connecticut State Library and Cossitt Library have in common? George Seymour Godard of North Granby.
History
Visiting the Granby Drummer archives: What happened in Granby in the late 70s?
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Tudor Holcomb passed away on Feb 11, 1978. He was highly respected and admired for his lifetime of giving and leading Granby.
History
These First Ladies visited Granby
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Grace CoolidgeLaura Bush
Twice in Granby history has a First Lady of the United States visited Granby. The last time was Sept.
Celebrating 50
The mid 70s brought change to the Center
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Granby’s 1970s growing pains— controversial budgets, development proposals, plans for creating a commercial center in the wedge between Route 189 and Route 20, a school system with growing pains, a failed sewer system and cars lined up for blocks waiting to pump rationed gasoline all shared space on the Drummer’s front page.