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.
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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.
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.
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.
Historic Footnotes
Would you call the one you love a bellybone?
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The English language is not static. Despite the efforts of purists to freeze the language at a certain time period and say, “This is correct forever,” the language continues to change and grow.
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.
History
Local History and the First Amendment
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It is not a well-known story that local Connecticut Valley history is tied to the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, granting freedom of religion, speech and press. Several forces converged on Granby at its inception as the Salmon Brook Ecclesiastical Society in 1740.
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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.
History
Presidential visits to Granby
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President Calvin Coolidge came to Granby in May of 1932 to go fishing with his good friend, Senator George McLean of Simsbury. Senator McLean owned a lot of land and cared about the environment.