Hello and welcome to the Fall 2021 issue! As the newly minted editor of Connecticut History Review, I would like to share a little bit about myself and why I am honored to usher the journal forward. My name is Marie Basile McDaniel, and I am an associate professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University. I have been there since 2010 after receiving my PhD in American History at University of California, Davis. My research interests are Colonial America, especially religion, ethnicity, and material culture. Although not originally from Connecticut, the state quickly captured my heart, and now my favorite course to teach is Connecticut History. As with many courses, Connecticut history helps students connect the past with their own lives.
This issue includes three articles that provide just such an experience. First, Yale doctoral student and New Haven Alderman Eli Sabin takes a hard look at how...
