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[CTyankee]

10. If you come to New Haven, I will give you my "New Haven Liberals Tour"!

First, there is a replica of the Amistad in the New Haven Harbor. It is a floating history lesson on slavery in the early 19th century. I will also show you the building where Florence Griswold defied the state law against contraception back in the 60s, and forced the case of Griswold v. CT through the courts. Griswold, of course, had the constitutional underpinning that led to Roe v. Wade. There will be a little tour of the New Haven Green and visiit the spot where Noah Webster delivered his interesting speech voicing his concerns about corruption in government of the new republic. We could tour the historic Old Campus of Yale. Stroll on the historic New Haven Green, over ground under which the original Puritan founders are buried and was used as a setting for Steven Spielberg in his 2007 Indiana Jones movie.

I will take you to the "insider's" favorite pizza place, Modern, which has been overshadowed by Pepe's and Sally's. We'll go backstage at the historic Shubert Theater, where The Sound of Music and South Pacific and Streetcar Named Desire premiered. You'll see the wall backstage that numerous Broadway stars autographed. And the Whitney Museum, an unfortunate reminder of Eli Whitney's invention that sadly advanced slavery in the South. The spot, now the Union League Cafe (best food in New Haven) where George Washington dined with other historic figures of the Revolutionary War.

Then we'll depart to visit pretty little towns like Guilford, with it's colonial times Old Stone House and keep going up the shoreline to Abbot's, a seafood in the rough place in the tiny town of Noank, where you compete with the gulls swooping down for your lobster.

We will also visit the town of Mystic, where the film "Amistad" was actually shot, standing in for early 19th century New Haven.

It can be a fun place to visit and very rich in early American history...