Revolutionary Artifacts in CT Museums

0:00It's May 1st. Welcome to Hartford News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Connecticut's stepping up big for America's 250th birthday with killer revolution artifacts on display in Hartford museums. Check the Museum of Connecticut History for the folding bed used by Marquis de Lafayette, who fought alongside George Washington and got hit at. Brandy Wine in 1777. They've also got pieces from a toppled statue of King George III, melted down near Lichfield into over 40,000 musket balls by local, women using molds. Then there's the bullet-riddled hat of Captain Phineas Megs, the last Connecticut soldier killed in the war. At 73 years old on May 19th, 1782, he led a defense in Madison against British ships trying to snag an American. Frigate, the small entry hole and big exit tell the whole tragic story. These relics highlight the deep splits back then, like the British regimental coat of loyalist Monson Hates from the Prince of Wales American Regiment.

1:00Israel Putnam's Gravestone from Bunker Hill got shipped to pieces by souvenir hunters, so they moved it to the stay capital for safekeeping. Powder horns for carrying gunpowder, ink prints of Lexington and Concorde, the shot heard round the world, and Debra Champion's cloak she wore sneaking. Payroll through British lines at more flavor. Plus, Jeremiah Watts wore a fancy silk-line coat from visiting French King Louis XVI for supplies. As we gear up for the semi-quincentennial, hit up these spots Monday through Friday or weekends, State Library at 231 Capital Avenue, or one, Elizabeth Street. History like this keeps the revolutions fire alive in Connecticut.