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CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

Released Thursday, 4th April 2024
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CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

CT had its own Alamo - and it had a Gruesome Ending

Thursday, 4th April 2024
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Some call it, Connecticut’s Alamo. The Battle of Groton Heights was a massacre by any measure, with 1,600 British soldiers greatly outnumbering 165 Patriot soldiers in one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War. The British were led by Benedict Arnold, who had only recently switched allegiances and who was born less than 10 miles from the battle. The decision by Colonel William Ledyard not to surrender the fort, with essentially only farmers under his command, ended with only a handful of fighters not being killed or wounded. This harrowing story is told by the President of the Friends of the Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Foundation, Hali Keeler.

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