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Trace the exact parade route of the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments with a GPS-guided audio tour that starts at the Old State House. Learn first‑hand stories of courage, inequality, and civic recognition as you walk Hartford’s historic streets.
Trace the exact parade route of the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments with a GPS-guided audio tour that starts at the Old State House. Learn first‑hand stories of courage, inequality, and civic recognition as you walk Hartford’s historic streets.
Stand on Central Row in front of Connecticut’s Old State House and imagine a city holding its breath. Cobblestones and broad avenues replace battlefield dust; soldiers in uniform step into a Hartford that has come to see them home. The audio tour begins here, using GPS-triggered narration to place you at the exact points where the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments marched on November 24, 1865.
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Operated by VoiceMap Audio Tours · Hartford, Connecticut
Stand on Central Row in front of Connecticut’s Old State House and imagine a city holding its breath. Cobblestones and broad avenues replace battlefield dust; soldiers in uniform step into a Hartford that has come to see them home. The audio tour begins here, using GPS-triggered narration to place you at the exact points where the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments marched on November 24, 1865.
This walk stitches together civic architecture, religious sites, and residential districts to tell a fuller story of emancipation and inequality. You’ll hear about Private Isaac J. Hill’s memoirs, Frederick Douglass’s visit to the regiments’ camp, and how Governor Buckingham publicly honoured soldiers who had risked everything despite facing lower pay and harsher penalties if captured. Geologically, the route sits on Hartford’s flattened river terrace above the Connecticut River — streets laid across glacial silt and bedrock that guided early settlement patterns and the city’s 19th-century growth.
Culturally the walk follows Talcott Street and Washington Street — places where public memory and private lives met. The tour stops (GPS-enabled) at parks, a historic cemetery, museum façades, and the mansions that watched the parade pass.
Practical guidance: download the VoiceMap app and redeem your eight-character code before you arrive; the tour is wheelchair- and stroller-accessible and works offline once downloaded. Expect paved sidewalks, frequent street crossings, and roughly 1.5–3 hours of walking at an easy pace depending on stops. Bring headphones, a charged phone with GPS, comfortable footwear, and weather-appropriate layers. Move respectfully through memorial spaces and let the city’s streets do the talking.
The walk typically takes 1.5–3 hours depending on stops; the tour is designed to be followed sequentially for the full narrative, but you can pause and resume between points.
Yes — sidewalks and stop locations are accessible and the tour is suitable for wheelchairs and strollers, though some intersections may require curb cuts and cautious crossings.
No — once you download the audio, maps, and geodata through the VoiceMap app you can run the tour offline using GPS.
Yes — the eight-character code provided at booking can be used by every member of your party to download the tour.
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Stand on Central Row in front of Connecticut’s Old State House and imagine a city holding its breath. Cobblestones and broad avenues replace battlefield dust; soldiers in uniform step into a Hartford that has come to see them home. The audio tour begins here, using GPS-triggered narration to place you at the exact points where the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments marched on November 24, 1865.
Stand on Central Row in front of Connecticut’s Old State House and imagine a city holding its breath. Cobblestones and broad avenues replace battlefield dust; soldiers in uniform step into a Hartford that has come to see them home. The audio tour begins here, using GPS-triggered narration to place you at the exact points where the 29th and 30th Connecticut Coloured Regiments marched on November 24, 1865.
This walk stitches together civic architecture, religious sites, and residential districts to tell a fuller story of emancipation and inequality. You’ll hear about Private Isaac J. Hill’s memoirs, Frederick Douglass’s visit to the regiments’ camp, and how Governor Buckingham publicly honoured soldiers who had risked everything despite facing lower pay and harsher penalties if captured. Geologically, the route sits on Hartford’s flattened river terrace above the Connecticut River — streets laid across glacial silt and bedrock that guided early settlement patterns and the city’s 19th-century growth.
Culturally the walk follows Talcott Street and Washington Street — places where public memory and private lives met. The tour stops (GPS-enabled) at parks, a historic cemetery, museum façades, and the mansions that watched the parade pass.
Practical guidance: download the VoiceMap app and redeem your eight-character code before you arrive; the tour is wheelchair- and stroller-accessible and works offline once downloaded. Expect paved sidewalks, frequent street crossings, and roughly 1.5–3 hours of walking at an easy pace depending on stops. Bring headphones, a charged phone with GPS, comfortable footwear, and weather-appropriate layers. Move respectfully through memorial spaces and let the city’s streets do the talking.