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Evelyn Longman Batchelder who designed and sculpted the "To the Patriots of Windsor" eagle monument on Broad Street Green also worked on portions of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC?<br><br>2. Windsor Center's volunteer fire company began in 1830 with twenty men, each subscribing $5?<br><br>3. The oldest surviving stone in any Connecticut cemetery is located in Windsor's Palisado Cemetery and commemorates Reverend Ephraim Huit, who died in 1644? <br><br>4. The Route 159 bridge over the Farmington River commemorates Windsor's famous polka maestro Ray Henry, whose real name was Henry Mocarski?<br><br>5. The play and movie Arsenic and Old Lace is based on life of Windsor's Amy Archer-Gilligan?<br><br>6. Joseph Christoph had hoped to build a theater in the Plaza Building in 1929, but the Depression forced him to reduce his plans? The theater was added in 1939 by the building's second owner. <br><br>7. In the 19th century, Christopher Miner Spencer manufactured shotguns and other sporting guns in the older section of First Town Square?<br><br>8. Windsor metal artist Lon Pelton snuck his 'Moly Mosquito' sculpture onto town property in the middle of the night?<br><br>9. Henry Huntington, a Hartford attorney, and his wife Mary built the Huntington House in 1902? <br><br>10. Architect Herbert Hale of Boston designed the Loomis Fountain on the Green?<br><br>11. Col. James Loomis was the father of the founders of the Loomis Chaffee School? <br><br>12. Col. Oliver Mather made his fortune as a farmer?<br><br>13. Argentinian artist Nena De Brennecke carved the three bas reliefs of tobacco workers on view in the Post Office lobby?<br><br>14. Windsor woodworker Al Hooker carved the Vietnam Memorial Plaque in the Town Hall lobby?<br><br>15. Rev. John Warham was the first minister of the church in Windsor and established the town's first grist mill?<br><br>16. Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee moved from Hartford and married the widow of the Windsor previous doctor? <br><br>17. George Keller, the architect of Grace Episcopal Church, later designed the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Bushnell Park in 1886?<br><br>18. C. D. Graves painted the murals of Windsor history inside the Windsor Trust building?<br><br>19. Roger Ludlow, founder of Windsor, Fairfield, and Norwalk died in Ireland?<br><br>20. An eight-week strike by the Local 1, Bricklayers, Plasters, and Masons? Union delayed the construction of the Town Hall? <br><br>21. John Mason's statue has been vandalized several times because of his controversial tactics during the Pequot War?<br><br>22. Horace Hayden helped professionalize dentistry in American in the 1800s?<br><br>23. 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