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Places to visit
Connecticut
1. U.S.S. Nautilis U.S. Naval Submarine Base, Groton ,CT. Rte 12 - I 95, exit 86.
Visitors can board the world's first nuclear powered submarine. Museum recounts history of the U.S. Submarine Force.
2. Governor Jonathan Trumbull House, Lebanon, CT. West Town St (Rte 87) on the Green.
Home of the only colonial governor (1769-84) to support the War for Independence; Wadsworth Stable - (George Washington's horse slept here)
3. Audubon Center of Greenwich, 613 Riversville Rd, Greenwich, CT. (nearest highway: Rte 15 exit 28).
485 acre sanctuary with 15 miles of trails, visitor center, exhibit room. Cost is Adults $3, children and seniors $1.50.
4. The Barnum Museum, 820 Main St., Bridgeport, Ct. (nearest highway; I 95 exit 27)
Contains collection of material related to the career of P.T. Barnum. Exhibits include five-ring, hand-carved miniature circus; clown costumes and props;
mementos of Barnum, General Tom Thumb, and Jenny Lind, opera singer.
5. The Maritime center at Norwalk, 10 N. Water St, Norwalk, CT. (nearest highway; I 95 exit 14N/15S)
Explore the marine life and maritime culture of Long Island Sound. Features an aquarium with sharks and maritime history museum. Also has
boat building demonstrations.
6. Nathan Hale Schoolhouse - Main St (rear of St. Stephan's Church), East Haddam, CT.
(nearest hwy Rte 149)
One room school where Hale taught (1773-74) displays local history.
7. Opera Theater of Connecticut, Clinton, CT.
8. National Theater of the Deaf, Chester, CT.
9. Museum fo Fife and Drum, Ivoryton, CT. (Rte 9 exit 3N/5S)
America on parade from Revolutionary War to present.
10. Yale University - New Haven CT. (I 95 exit 47)
Guided on-hour walking tours which include Connecticut Hall, where Nathan Hale, William Howard Taft, and Noah Webster studied.
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