Connecticut Historical Commission
59 South Prospect Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 566-3005 FAX: (860) 566-5078
Connecticut Freedom Trail Auto Tour
The Connecticut Freedom Trail Auto Tour Tapes and Companion Booklet are designed to be used together to help you explore the places and learn about the people who have moved the struggle for freedom, justice and equality forward in Connecticut from 1600-1947.
The sites on the Freedom Trail are selected by the Connecticut Historical Commission and the Amistad Committee. The trail to date consists of 69 sites in 30 towns.
The Freedom Trail is a “living” trail with plans to add new sites each year. The Trail in this auto tour tape series is divided into 4 different regional tours, each of which can be explored in a day or more depending on your interests.
The best way to use this auto tour tape set is to choose one of the four regional sections of the Connecticut Freedom Trail to tour and then follow the directions to the corresponding orientation center. These centers mark the beginning of your journey along each section of the Trail.. Orientations centers are : Northwestern Connecticut Tour, Farmington Library, Farmington; North Central Connecticut Tour, Old State House, Hartford; Eastern Connecticut Tour, Mystic Seaport, Mystic; Southwestern Connecticut Tour, Yale University Visitor Information Center, New Haven. Here you can view an interpretive video which will orient you to the significance of some of the sites you will visit. (Plans are to complete the orientation video early 1998).
The auto tour tapes tell the stories of the people and events from each of the
sites on the Freedom Trail. At the conclusion of each site description on the tape
you will hear a tone. You may chose to turn off the tape until you are ready to proceed
to the next site. Before continuing to the next site, read through the directions
and consult the included maps. You may prefer to have additional maps, especially
in cities like New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport and Norwich and a state map.
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