“What is in a name? A bit of folklore, a lot of history, but also a lot of forgotten or hidden history.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →
A Second Look at The Old Bridge at Steep Hollow – Folklore & Hidden History
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Andrew Melillo
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Steep Hollow – What’s In A Name: The Old Bridge is Gone
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“Land is a fickle thing. It goes through the ordeals of profit and progress – but the land is still the land. What was once Steep Hollow, was also Dumpling Pond, and today it is North Mianus – yet what is North Mianus? It is perhaps Cos Cob, perhaps ‘North’ Old Greenwich, and perhaps Riverside.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Andrew Melillo, Daniel Merritt Mead, Dumpling Pond, Gershom Lockwood, Hannah Potter, John Finch, John Mead
Presentation on General Lafayette’s Visit to Greenwich in 1824 To Be Given by Julien Icher of The Lafayette Trail, Inc.
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On Wednesday, October 2 at 7:00pm, the residents of Greenwich can come and learn more about General Lafayette’s Tour, and more particularly, the stops he made here in the Town of Greenwich. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Julien Icher, The Lafayette Trail Inc
Chicken Feathers from Norwalk and the Birth of the Song Yankee Doodle
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Thanks to a bunch of rag-tag, poorly dressed Norwalk militia – and their wives and families last minute attempt to “spruce them up” – we have Yankee Doodle sung across the nation. Its not just a song, it is an anthem of defiance, resistance and liberty. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Anderw Melillo, Yankee Doodle
Melillo: The Merritt & Lyon Families, and a Smidgen of the History of the Greenwich Western Frontier
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“In the later part of last year, the author, who is a member of the board of the Greenwich Preservation Trust, as well as the Secretary of the masonic lodge, Acacia No. 85, received word from Jeffrey Bingham Mead that there were two portraits in Orrington, Maine that were of Captain Daniel Merritt and his wife Sarah Lyon. The Lord knows how the portraits made it up there, yet besides that interesting story, there was a consensus that these pieces of Greenwich history and art be brought back home.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Greenwich History, Acacia Lodge No. 85, Andrew Melillo, Captain Daniel Merritt, Jeffrey Bingham Mead, Sarah Lyon Merritt, Thomas Lyon
Luke A. Lockwood, 1833-1905, a proud country lawyer and the father of Masonry in Greenwich
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This day 113 years ago suddenly died an eminent man, deeply respected by the townsmen of Greenwich, citizens of this state, and even King Edward VII of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India. His name was Luke A. Lockwood and he was born December 1, 1833 in his family’s ancient homestead on what is now Lockwood Road in Riverside. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Greenwich History, Andrew Melillo, luke A. Lockwood
Veterans Day in America: Remembering The Bravery of Sgt. Carney & Countless Soldiers
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This Sunday, November 11th, when everyone goes about their daily business, take a moment to remember each and every life that served to defend and fight for the nation while we live so blessed and comfortably in town. Continue Reading →