On July 6, 1944, just a month after the D-Day invasion, thousands of people flocked to the North End of Hartford ... Union Station downtown northward up Main Street to the circus venue on a ...

On July 6, 1944, the famous Ringling Brothers and Barnam and Bailey Circus came to Hartford ... Public Programs Manager at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. Stream Connecticut ...

The chief state medical examiner said Friday that the DNA of the two Hartford Circus ... the trek from Union Station downtown northward up Main Street to the circus venue on a nine-acre, city ...

The group, comprised of Connecticut-based circus artists ... Oak Cultural Center is located at 21 Charter Oak Avenue in downtown Hartford. Tickets will be available at the door, subject to ...

One of eight circus acrobats who plunged about 20 feet to the ground during a hair-hanging act witnessed by thousands says she'll perform the stunt again. HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Ringling Bros.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)–July 6, 2019, marks 75 years since one of Connecticut’s darkest days; The Hartford circus fire of 1944. Nearly 170 people, mostly women and children, were killed in ...

Mrs. Graham, who died last month at 87, was just 12 when she escaped a circus fire in her native Hartford, Connecticut, that killed 168 children, men and women and injured nearly 700 more.

For many children growing up during the WWII years, a traveling circus coming to town was a big deal. With many men serving the country overseas, attendees traveled to Hartford on July 6 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An effort is underway to identify the remains of two unknown victims of a massive fire at a Connecticut circus 75 years ago. The Hartford Courant reported that a judge ...