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Near this spot stood the Charter Oak, memorable in the history of the Colony of Connecticut as the hiding place of the Charter on October 31, 1687. The tree fell on August 21, 1856. In 1905, the Society of Colonial Wars erected this monument. The State of Connecticut dates from 1633 to 1775.
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Hartford, Connecticut · United States
