Samuel's Flat Stanley travels to Connecticut!

Samuel’s great-aunt, Cindy, lives in Avon, Connecticut, located about 9 miles west of the state capital city of Hartford.  The population of the town is 17,800.  Avon is a suburban community.  Cindy lives in a condominium located on a small river, Roaring Brook, which once was known for its trout fishing.

   View of Cindy’s backyard with Flat Stanley looking out the window.

  Entry sign to the barns, corral and pasture area of The First Company of the Governor’s Horse Guard, located in Avon, CT.  Note that the Company began in 1778.

A horse, Jete, one of 10 horses in the First Company of the Governor’s Horse Guard.  This company is the oldest, continuously active cavalry unit in the United States.  Held by Samuel’s great-aunt, Cindy.  All the horses are geldings, and are between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.  Most of them are donated.  The Horse Guard participates in parades, inaugurals for governors and some presidents of the U.S. including President George Washington.  They also escort military heroes.  When a horse is no longer able to be ridden, he is sent to Florida.

 

 

 

 

       The plaque describing Jete and located outside his stall in the barn

    First Church of Christ, Congregational, in next town of Farmington.  This is Cindy’s church.  Farmington was settled in 1640 and became a town in 1645.  The church was founded in 1652.  The town of Avon, where Cindy lives, is a “daughter town” of Farmington.