It’s amazing how many ways Connecticut’s people find to share, celebrate, and enjoy our proud past.  On Main Streets and town greens, in class rooms and on campuses,  through parades, festivals, exhibits, and talks, Connecticans are always finding new ways to make the stories that made us what we are come vividly alive.

    Meanwhile, throughout the state, historians, educators, archivists, genealogists, and museums are continuously researching and revising our stories, to make sure the lessons of the past remain useful for today and tomorrow.

    Connecticut has played a unique, and uniquely important role in the creation of the United States’ culture. Because we were one of the first colonies, and because we sent so many sons and daughters to be the seed stock of other states, Connecticut’s story is truly, and deeply, an American story in every way.

    As Connecticut’s State Historian, I am honored to play a part in keeping our stories alive and vital.

                                         Walter W. Woodward