Kathy Hermes
@ctexplored
Publisher, Connecticut Explored magazine, and Grating the Nutmeg, podcast, all about Connecticut history. Emerita, CCSU. AB, UCI 85; JD, Duke 92; PhD, Yale 95.
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More beautification at the White House as all review boards are ignored again, this time for a helipad.
To commemorate the Semiquincentennial - the 250th anniversary of the United States - dive into Connecticut's amazing impact with our special expanded Summer issue! Get your copy: simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship; blocked Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary foreign visitors. Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito dissented. Kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion. Majority opinion by Justice Roberts:
Standing up for History CT Explored and Grating the Nutmeg bring you diverse stories from every corner of our state. Share your ideas for our future! Meet the authors, review the menu, and buy tickets: www.ctexplored.org/cte26-fundra... LAST CALL: RSVP by midnight, June 30th, 2026
Matt Warshauer & I had a wonderful time w/Sen. Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social & former US Secretary of Ed Miguel Cardona at Connecticut's Old State House talking about Connecticut and the history of democracy. Great questions from the audience! A link should be posted shortly.
You're invited to a special summer supper with some of our best-loved CTExplored authors! Join us for an early evening cocktail & light meal while meeting the people who bring you your favorite magazine! Join us: ctexplored.org/cte26-fundraiser/?blm_aid=5820417
One of our authors, Prof. Matthew Warshauer, shares a copy of the summer issue about the Revolution and Independence with CT Congressman John Larson. www.ctexplored.org
Commemorate Connecticut's amazing impact over 250 years of the United States with our special expanded Summer issue! Get your copy: simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored
Commemorate Connecticut's amazing impact over 250 years of the United States with our special expanded Summer issue! Get your copy: simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored
Lebanon CT festivities today 6/20 Ribbon cutting for the Revolutionary War Trail. This project makes audio tour available at 14 revolutionary war sites in CT for all people but especially for blind, sight-impaired, or people who have difficulty reading for any reason.
We had a wonderful time at Connecticut Landmarks’ Palmer-Warner House last night to celebrate Preservation CT’s LGBTQ+ historic sites trail! CCSU Public History students worked on identifying sites for the trail & conducted oral histories. So happy to be part of this celebration with our partners!
New Episode! Listen: ctexplored.org/grnbookpod/ 2 national guides for Black travelers published in the 1930s incl New London, CT. Nicole Thomas & Tom Schuch helped create the New London Black Heritage Trail, named 1 of 20 CT History Gamechangers by CT Explored in 2022. Sponsored by Preservation CT!
I’ll be joining the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for their Event Series: Salons at Stowe: America 250 hosted by Derek Hall July 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Other speakers include Joe Young, Dexter Gabriel, Chamar Latanja, Rev.Dr.John Selders, Jr., and Cherell Banks. Join Us!
The official launch CrisRadio’s “CT Revolutionary War Trail & Voices of the Revolutionary War” project June 20 is at 10 am, Lebanon Historical Society Museum. All are welcome. Please join us! CRIS makes audio tours & recordings of historical documents accessible to the blind and sight-impaired.
Do you love history and think it is important to keep good sources accessible to the public? Join us at the New Haven Lawn Club for a fundraiser for our ground-breaking magazine. It's not just for subscriptions today. It's also a record of the past for the future. www.ctexplored.org/cte26-fundra...
4PM SHOW SOLD OUT - but not to worry, we've added another AT 7 PM Sunday evening! What's better than local history & A.C. Petersen Farms Ice Cream? Get your tickets at PlayhouseOnPark.org! So grateful for the community's interest & support!
What can you learn by reading this issue of CT Explored? Did you know about Norwich and eastern CT’s role in the Revolution and Independence? That patriot women were agents of independence? That enslaved people fought in the Continental Army? It’s a great read! simplecirc.com/subscribe/co...
Slater Museum Summer Lecture Series begins Tues, June 2 at 6pm! Dr. Nancy Steenburg has been on the Venture trail for 20 years, searching for the documentation of Venture’s extraordinary life, and digging deeper into the impact of enslavement in colonial Connecticut.
Patrick and the guys-Bap Pack-are playing Blue Black Square on June 4th-see you there!
The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, Weha’s America 250 Celebration, and Playhouse on Park will present a special Lecture and Ice Cream Social, “Building a Dairy Empire: A.C. Petersen,” on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 4 p.m. at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, CT.
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Join us on Wednesday for my talk about Connect’s patriot women in the American Revolution.
Would you like to write for Connecticut Explored magazine? We're celebrating our 25th year in print in 2027 and are taking proposals: www.ctexplored.org/submissions/
This surprises even me, but I’m posting about my Macy's purchase at Westfarms Mall. We purchased two large 100% wool rugs 75% off for under $3200. Our salesperson was Umesh Desai, and he was awesome 😎! Ask for him if you need a rug or furniture at a great discount. He’s working this weekend!
We've got some catching up to do. A great nation with abundant resources should have a strong civic and human safety net. We're losing ours, and the current national leadership is making it much, much worse.
Wonderful Connecticut Explored Friends Appreciation event yesterday at 2nd Bridge Brewery in Manchester, CT. Owner Steve White gave us a history lesson about the site and everyone had a great time!