Hartford has a history of efforts to loop back to find injustices and fostering a remedy. Occasionally. Not always, not for all, but often enough to add to our pride of place. Here, Hartford's Center Church, at the Ancient Burying Ground.
I. Frederick Douglass, black abolitionist, was on a circuit of rallies in 1848 and was denied the pulpit by the congregation for giving an address inside Center Church, First Church of Christ, next to the Ancient Burying Ground. The clergyman, the Rev. Joel Hawes, was an abolitionist but under other social pressures, so provided instead the courtyard outside which is now labeled and set aside as a commemoration. Until 2017, the tribute was a small plaque downtown; then in 2917 this step toward correcting an early wrong was taken. The Hartford Courant records it.
II. From 1848 and a place for speech, move to 2008, where then-presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke to a capacity crowd at downtown Hartford's Civic Center, now the XL Center. Representative Rosa DeLauro, Senator Ted Kennedy Caroline Kennedy and others of the birds and beasts of the day were there. The Press Corps milled about in a relaxed way, and politics were optimistic.
Hartford Center Church, by Ancient Burying Ground, CT. Frederick Douglass spoke here, Abolitionist. ReminderI. Frederick Douglass, black abolitionist, was on a circuit of rallies in 1848 and was denied the pulpit by the congregation for giving an address inside Center Church, First Church of Christ, next to the Ancient Burying Ground. The clergyman, the Rev. Joel Hawes, was an abolitionist but under other social pressures, so provided instead the courtyard outside which is now labeled and set aside as a commemoration. Until 2017, the tribute was a small plaque downtown; then in 2917 this step toward correcting an early wrong was taken. The Hartford Courant records it.
II. From 1848 and a place for speech, move to 2008, where then-presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke to a capacity crowd at downtown Hartford's Civic Center, now the XL Center. Representative Rosa DeLauro, Senator Ted Kennedy Caroline Kennedy and others of the birds and beasts of the day were there. The Press Corps milled about in a relaxed way, and politics were optimistic.
Dan Widing and Uncle Don Scharfe, Dan learns something about politics, a rally for Barack Obama in Hartford 2008.
The teletron! Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Rosa DeLauro. See Wiki photo.
Hartford rally, 2008, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, RosaDeLauro
Obama rally, Hartford CT 2008, John B. Larson, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg,, Ted Kennedy, Chris Murphy
17,000 people of Hartford. Obama rally 2008.
Did somebody get to Scholastic.com, because their article is gone: mustn't let the kids know?
He drew the biggest crowd at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, since Hannah Montana rocked the stage in December. On February 4, Barack Obama held a rally
of about 17,000 excited supporters at the center. They were doing the
wave and clapping to the music while waiting for the candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President to arrive."
Scholastic.com has removed its coverage
So let's show some more. We were in a top tier.
Politics used to be informative and even enjoyable. Explore choices. Obama rally, Hartford 2008.
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