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🎂🏆 The votes are in!
Congratulations to Sophia Grestini of Amy's Cakes, winner of our 5th Annual Election Cake Bake Off!
A sweet thank-you to our bakers, judges who taste-tested the cakes, special guests, and everyone who joined us! ❤️
#CTOldStateHouse
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🎂 Who will take the cake?
🏆 Natalie Townsend — Defending Champion
🧁 Shannon Iannone — The Newcomer
✨ Sophia Grestini — The Legacy
Three bakers. One sweet showdown!
📅 Oct. 24 | 12–3 PM
📍 CT's Old State House, Hartford
Come taste the competition! 🍰
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🎂 Think you've got what it cakes?!
We're calling CT's talented bakers to go whisk to whisk at our Election Cake Bake Off on Oct. 24!
🏆 Creative freedom, celebrity judge @TheDamGram & a sweet prize!
Think you can top these? 👀
Apply today — link in bio!
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🎂 Ready to go whisk to whisk?
Professional pastry chefs & licensed home bakers are wanted for our 5th Annual Election Cake Bake Off!
🗓 Oct. 24 | 12–3 PM
🏆 Compete to be crowned Connecticut’s Election Cake of 2026!
Register at the link in our bio.
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🍂 October at Connecticut’s Old State House!
🎶 10/2 Parker’s Tangent
🇫🇷 10/3 Rochambeau Day — NEW DATE
🎶 10/9 Thomasina Levy
🎨 10/15 One Painting, Many Stories
🎂 10/24 Election Cake Bake-Off
🥕 Farmers Market Tues + Fri through 10/30
See you this October! 🍁
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What a September! 🍂
From Farmers Market finds and live music to history, learning, and community — it was a busy month at Connecticut’s Old State House.
Here’s a look back at September. 💙
See you in October! 🍁
#CTOldStateHouse #HartfordCT
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History is better explored together.❤️
Thank you to Mount Vernon & the George Washington Teacher Institute 250 for partnering with us for Freedom’s Complexity—giving educators new ideas, resources & perspectives to bring back to their students.
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🎸 The Fabulous Clones are coming to Connecticut’s Old State House!
Join Americana duo Duke York & Slim Tempo for a FREE lunchtime concert this Friday, Sept. 25.
🎵 Concert: 12–1 PM
🥕 Farmers Market: 10 AM–2 PM
📍 Connecticut’s Old State House
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📣 NEW DATE! Rochambeau Day has been RESCHEDULED to Saturday, October 3 at 10:45 AM due to inclement weather expected this weekend.
Same time. Same location. New date. 🇺🇸🇫🇷
📍 Connecticut’s Old State House
800 Main St., Hartford
#RochambeauDay #HartfordCT
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🇺🇸🇫🇷 246 years later, history returns to Hartford.
Join us for Rochambeau Day at Connecticut’s Old State House!
🥁 Parade
💐 Wreath-laying ceremony
💥 Musket & cannon volley
🎖️ Meet Washington & Rochambeau
📅 Sept. 26 | 10:45 AM
📍 800 Main St, Hartford
#RochambeauDay #HartfordCT
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Connecticut's Old State House retweeted
🇺🇸 Myth or fact? How well do you know the U.S. Constitution?
For #ConstitutionDay, the We the People: Trumbull High School team puts some common Constitution myths to the test.
Watch their full video: youtu.be/ocwMDNeXOA4
#WeThePeople
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🎻 Live music + lunch in downtown Hartford!
Join us Sept. 18 from 12–1 PM for a FREE performance by the Kenn Morr Band, bringing melodic folk and Americana-inspired sounds to Connecticut’s Old State House.
🥕 Farmers Market: 10 AM–2 PM
🎵 Bring your lunch!
#HartfordCT #CTMusic
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Celebrate Rochambeau Day on Sat., 9/26, at 10:45 am at CT’s Old State House with the Governor’s 1st Co. Foot Guard, Band, and Horse Guard featuring a wreath laying ceremony and musket/canon volley with the 1st Litchfield Artillery Regiment. For info visit bit.ly/Rochambeau2026
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Today we pause to honor and remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the brave responders who answered the call, and all whose lives were forever changed. 🇺🇸
We will never forget.
#NeverForget #September11 #WeRemember #CTOldStateHouse #HartfordCT
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A National Historic Landmark in the heart of Hartford. 🏛️
Built in 1796, CT’s Old State House served as a state capitol and later Hartford City Hall. In 1960, it became a National Historic Landmark.
Come see it for yourself!
📍 800 Main St.
🕰️ Tues–Sat | 12–5 PM
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Happy Labor Day! Today we celebrate the hardworking people who keep Connecticut moving forward every single day. 🛠️🌾🩺🎨
Wishing everyone across the Nutmeg State a safe, restful, and happy holiday!
#LaborDay #CTOldStateHouse #HartfordCT #Connecticut #LaborDay2026
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Did you know? Connecticut’s Old State House has been standing in downtown Hartford since 1796—that’s 230 years of stories waiting inside! 🏛️✨
Come see what 230 years looks like.
📍 Open Today: 12–5 PM
#HartfordCT #CTOldStateHouse #CTHistory #HartfordEvents
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🎤🏛️Connecticut’s 2026 Kid Governor Tessa Hallinan and her Cabinet will visit a library near you this month to talk about their platforms and how fifth graders can participate in the Kid Governor® program this year. Check the schedule here
ct-dc.org/qr.asp?q=CTKGLibra… #ctkidgovernor
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🎤 BAP PACK takes the stage tomorrow! 🎶
Join us for FREE live music at Connecticut’s Old State House.
📅 Sept. 4 | 12–1 PM
🥕 Farmers Market | 10 AM–2 PM
#CTOldStateHouse #BAPPACK #HartfordCT #LiveMusic
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