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New Canaan Historical Society (also referred to as New Canaan Museum and Historical Society) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was originally formed in 1889 (incorporated 1893) to "bring together the genealogies of the families who have lived in the town, to form a library and collect relicts and curiosities, to form a museum".
New Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ə n /) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. [1] The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Pages in category "New Canaan, Connecticut" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The following people are associated with New Canaan, Connecticut and notable far beyond it (including those who were born in, raised in, lived in, worked in, or died in town): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Coat of Arms of Anthony Comstock. Comstock was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, the son of Polly Ann (née Lockwood) and Thomas Anthony Comstock. [3] [4] As a young man, he enlisted and fought for the Union in the American Civil War from December 1863 to September 1865. [3]
The first YMCA in the United States opened on December 29, 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary.
The city of Norwalk Fire Department currently operates 2 Fire Stations in close proximity to the Central or Midtown Norwalk area: Fire Station # 1 is located at 90 New Canaan Ave. in the Broad River/Main Avenue area, and Fire Station # 2, or Fire Headquarters is located at 121 Connecticut Ave.
The YMCA dance demonstrated in a photomontage. In this rendition, the M (second from left) is done in a popular variant. Members of the grounds crew of Yankee Stadium pause to do the YMCA dance. YMCA is also the name of a group dance with cheerleader Y-M-C-A choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form ...