At the Museum of Connecticut history I believe that I will learn about the wars Connecticut has contributed to and what weapons were used in each of these wars.
Also I believe that I will learn about important figures in Connecticut history that made large decisions and could have altered Connecticut’s historical timeline. Being a Connecticut resident, I expect that there will be a section devoted dedicated to the Navy in the submarines that have been built in Groton
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How did Connecticut contribute to the United States’s wars?
How were these weapons used?
There were many photographs and lots of text written about important figures in Connecticut’s history such as Ella T. Grasso, a Connecticut politician who graduated from Loomis Chaffee. While looking around the museum, I found many old guns with interesting backgrounds such as the Model MIA2 Fixed Anti-Aircraft Cannon, manufactured by a Connecticut manufacturing company called Colt’s. This weapon was sold most during World War II and sales pitch in 1943. Call sold to the American government and the American government used its foreign policies in war with this weapon. The Allied forces were able to take over control from the Germans using this weapon. Another fastening display was the model of the USS Connecticut. USS Connecticut was active during WWI but did not go to battle. This model of a naval battleship was the only naval display in all of the museum. I was expecting to learn about when the Groton naval base became actively making submarines, how many submarines they made, and where they were deployed. As a Connecticut resident, I know a lot about Connecticut’s naval history, but I felt that our naval history was not fairly represented. Why were there not exhibits focused on the building of submarines at the Groton Navel Base? What involvement have these submarines had in foreign affairs, ie. wars?
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