Portal:Connecticut/Did you know/6
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- ...that Alse Young from Windsor, Connecticut, was hanged in 1647, and is believed to have been the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies?
- ...that Hartford, Connecticut's Webster Theater, opened in 1937 as a movie theater, is now a music venue where Incubus and No Doubt performed when they were barely known?
- ...that Abby and Julia Smith fought for women's suffrage by refusing to pay taxes to the Town of Glastonbury, Connecticut and almost lost their property Kimberly Mansion?
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