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Markers describe the history and legend of the Connecticut Charter Oak
By Sandra Hughes, September 25, 2012
Charter Oak Chair was made from the tree that was on this site.
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| On Charter Oak Avenue at Charter Oak Place, on the right when traveling east on Charter Oak Avenue. |
| | Near this spot
stood the
Charter Oak
memorable in the history
of the
Colony of Connecticut
as the hiding place of the
Charter
October 31, 1687
The Tree Fell
August 21, 1856
1905
This monument
erected by the . . . — — Map (db m52339) HM |
| Near Main Street at Central Row, on the right when traveling north. |
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Where you are standing, on October 31, 1687 came Sir Edmund Andros to the meeting house built on this site, sent by the British Crown to revoke Connecticut's Charter and establish the Dominion of New England. Captain Joseph Wadsworth, determined . . . — — Map (db m53150) HM |
May. 5, 2024