January 28, 2024.

This mile-long stretch of green contained 220 French calvary soldiers from November 1781 to June 1782. It’s a CT highlight along the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

Quite a few historic buildings surround the green, including the 1730 War Office, the home of colonial governor Jonathan Trumbull, and the birthplace of Civil War governor William. Buckingham.

A path circumnavigates the green, so of course I walked it. Cold rain flooded the trail here and there, but thankfully my feet didn’t get too drenched. There’s a section that is purposefully flooded each winter to create a small ice skating pond, but right now it is not cold enough for the water to completely freeze.