History is both a discipline of rigor, bound by rules and scholarly methods, and something more: the unique, compelling, even strange way in which we humans define ourselves. We are all the sum of the tales of thousands of people, great and small, whose actions have etched their lines upon us.

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Paul Colella is a published author and North Haven resident. His novels “Patriots and Scoundrels: Charity's First Adventure” and “The Undefeated” are available online at Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com

United States Veterans, dating as far back to World War II to a modern Army Nation Guard Master Seargant of the War on Terror, shared their stories at North Haven High School (NHHS) on Friday, June 3 in a program titled “An Eyewitness to History.”

For members of the North Haven Historical Society, researching, collecting and preserving local history is a labor of love they perform so residents will have opportunity to learn and appreciation their town’s past, present and future.

North Haven High School history teacher Federico Fiondella enjoys finishing a year of textbook teaching tangibly – with the real thing.

On April 24, 2009, the parish of North Haven’s St. John’s Episcopal Church marked 250 years of existence, a celebration which has the congregation surveying its past, present, and future.

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Stained glass windows from the 19th century are still a part of the church building.

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St. John's Episcopal Church has been celebrating 250 years of history in North Haven with a number of events including a series of worship services from a specific time period like that pictured here from the Civil War era.

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Citizen photo by Kyle Swartz

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The church recently hosted a children's celebration with the Shriner clowns Hankee and Blinkee.

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Members of the church created this visual arts piece to symbolize togetherness.