New Britain herald., 1917-07-13
NEW ENGLAND RICH
 IN HISTORIC SPOTS
"NeW Haven" Road Issues Book Descriptive Of "Great Northeast"


 whole United States, is so crowded
 with historic places, events and char
 acters that few who live within her
 borders are fully cogniZant of their
 heritage. In this respect the New
 Ene<ander may be Hkened to the na-
 tive of New York whose country cous-
 In can tell him more about the places
 of interest in that great metropolis
 than the native had ever suspected
 existed.
 It is only when the places, events
 and persons of historic interest are chronicled in a compact booklet that the New Englander can obtain a full realization of the important part this
 section of country has played in the
 development of the United States.
 Such a booklet has just been com piled by Herbert F. Sherwood and is being distributed by the General Pas senger Department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. It is entitltd Historic Places of New England" It contains sixty pages of closely typed records of historic men and events that are of interest to persons from other parts of the country. There are nearly sixty photographs of monuments and buildings that have a national as well as a local interest; and there is also large map of the New England ter ritory upon which are marked with large red dots the cities and towns of particular interest that are described in the reading matter
 The booklet is really a compendium of the industrial, educational, histori- cal, religious and literary develop ment of New England It is doubt full if there is a corresponding area in the United States so rich in 'Shrines' as this section of the country. With in her borders the first written con- stitution adopted by people that ever organized a gOvernm was ap-/ proved by the Connecticut Colony in 1899. The first public school main tained by taxation was established in New England These two facts alone would place New England upon an enviable pedestal, for it is upon the principles of constitutional govern ment and free education that the United States has made democracy a success.
 New England in Literature.
 In literature New England has produced many of the brightest lights of the country, and the names of Longfellow, Holmes Lowell, Emerson, Bryant, Aldrich, Whittier Hawthorne and Alcott, all New Englanders, are lsnown and revered wherever the English language is spoken. Among the great reformers of the country William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Harriet Beecher Stowe are claimed as New Englanders. Morse, Goodyear, Whitney and Howe are among the inventors. In educa- tion the names of Silliman, Dwight, Whitney and Eliot command instant recognition throughout the world, and in Berlin, Conn.,, was born Emma Hart Willard, the great pioneer in the higher education for women. The democratic religious denominations, the Congregational, the Baptist and the Unitarian, each founded on the principles of elfgovernment and self interpretation, were developed in New England.
 Every profession and trade is rep resented in the roster of famous men produced in New England. Many of the greatest statesmen, lawyers, phy- | sicians, newspapermen railroad build l CTS and executives financiers, captains l of industry, clergymen and soldiers | whose names are by-wOrds throughout l the length and breadth of the nation were the products of New England.
 To mention all the towns and cities in New England that are prominently associated with historical events would not be feasible except in special booklet devoted to that purpose. There are over one hundred and fifty such p.aces chroniclcd in the booklet His 1 toric Places of New England,' and identified on the map with red dots.
 Boston has a rich heritage of his torcal men and events Sixty-siX distinct references are made in the booklet under the heading of New Englands largest city. To mention a few others in the alphabetical order in which they are chronicled in the l booklet, Canterbury, Conn.,, has the l! distinction of being the birthplace of | the founder of one of Ohio's greatest l cities, Cleveland. General Moses |, was born in Canterbury. | army in Canton, Mass, 1 and Boston. Lexington and South l Braintree are also associated with his ! name. Central Falls, R. l., was 1 prominent in King Philips war. Con cord, Mass. was the home of the AL | cotts, and Emerson Thoreau and | Hawthorne lived there. It was also i he scene of conflict between British : regulars and the Minute Men in 1775. Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Conn. James Montgomery Bailey, the sDanbury News Man." lived in Dan b,k'y. Dedham, Mass, is celebrated as being the home of the first free school of which there is any record, supported by taxation. Deerfield, , Mass, was thrice victim of Indian warfare.
 General William Hull and Comm o- dore Isaac Hull, heroes of the war of 1912, were born in Derby, Conn. Duxbury, Mass, will forever be asso- slated with the names of John Alden