{"id":324446,"date":"2010-02-15T15:49:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T20:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.courant.com,2010:\/capitol_watch\/\/9.71732"},"modified":"2010-02-15T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T20:49:33","slug":"gov-rell-to-kickoff-states-375th-anniversary-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/324446","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Rell To Kickoff State’s 375th Anniversary Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecticut turns 375 years old this year, and the governor is planning to kickoff a year-long celebration this Wednesday at the State Library.<\/p>\n

The event is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m., and Gov. M. Jodi Rell will be joined by school children, historians and ceremonial guards.<\/p>\n

“This celebration is for everyone – for the young and old, for those with deep roots and those who have recently called Connecticut home,” Rell said in a prepared statement. “It is a great state to live, work and raise a family. Over the course of 2010, we will honor Connecticut – its founders and future.”  <\/p>\n

A 375th anniversary commission is putting together a calendar of events for the year.<\/p>\n

Members of the commission include Nikki O’Neill, wife of former Gov. William O’Neill, and former Lt. Gov. Eunice Groark.<\/p>\n

The state’s website<\/a> offers a few facts about Connecticut in its “About Connecticut” section.<\/p>\n

Did you know that the state’s nickname, “The Constitution State,” was adopted by the legislature in 1959?<\/p>\n

The state’s population was 3.4 million, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, and the website says Connecticut has an area of 5,018 square miles. <\/p>\n

The state, of course, has 169 towns. There are 21 cities and nine boroughs. <\/p>\n

Noah Webster, who is known for his dictionary, was born in West Hartford. The Hartford Courant has been publishing its newspaper since 1764. <\/p>\n

Also, from 1703 to 1875, Connecticut had two capitals. The General Assembly met alternately in Hartford and New Haven. <\/p>\n

Check out the state’s site for more trivia and be on the look out for anniversary events. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connecticut turns 375 years old this year, and the governor is planning to kickoff a year-long celebration this Wednesday at the State Library. The event is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m., and Gov. M. Jodi Rell will be joined by school children, historians and ceremonial guards. “This celebration is for everyone – for the young […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}