One definition of history is “lies agreed upon.” Connecticut’s Supreme Court Historical Society was apparently sending out a little white one with its 200th Anniversary Celebration June 6.
If you’re counting – and historians do – it’s really 202 years old, notes former state historian Christopher Collier, an author and history professor who lives in Orange. The legislative creation of the Supreme Court’s predecessor court occurred in 1806, he noted. However, it didn’t get around to hearing its first case until 1808, which worked well for the Society. In 2006, it was in the throes of birth itself, and was in no position to organize a bicentennial bash.
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