Hooker's March to Hartford - Hartford, CT
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Hooker's March to Hartford is located within a pointed arch, above the left entrance, at the second level, on the east side of the State Capitol Building in Hartford, CT.
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Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2017
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The 6' by 9' by 1' marble relief sculpture Hooker's March to Hartford depicts Rev. Thomas Hooker leading a group of settlers to Hartford to establish the Colony of Connecticut in 1636. The sculpture was created by
Charles Henry Niehaus and install on the State Capitol Building around the year 1895.
Rev. Thomas Hooker is shown standing on the right side of the relief. Behind him is a standing man, a man seating up in a stretcher and a seated woman. In front of him are two figures: a man carrying a blunderbuss standing to the left of a woman. Smaller figures of people and horses are in the background.
Below the relief is the inscription: HOOKER'S MARCH TO HARTFORD
Reverend Thomas Hooker dissented with the established Puritan leadership in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, particularly over the idea of universal Christian suffrage. In June of 1636, he left the Boston area with one hundred men, women, and children and migrated west towards the Connecticut River Valley. Hooker and many members of his party settled in Hartford, CT. Others located to nearby Wethersfield, Windsor, Springfield, MA. The Reverend Thomas Hooker founding the colony of Connecticut and helped to create the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the basic laws of Connecticut from 1639 to 1662.