By Mary Fairchild Reichstag Building. LINK TO FERGEN FAMILY PHOTOS HERE The term Reichstag dates back to the Holy Roman Empire. The building was built for the Diet of the German Empire, which was succeeded by the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. The latter would become the Reichstag of Nazi Germany, which left the building (and ceased to act as a parliament) after…
Category: History/Archaeology
Settlers of Cupheag: Fairchild Genealogy
Mac’s Harbor, Stratford, CT. Pictures at Mfairlady Flickr “Early Stratford and Fairfield society seems to have been more free than Puritan communities elsewhere.” “The earliest shelters of the settlers at Cupheag (Stratford) were “cellars” dug into the banks at Stratford (Mac’s) Harbor, or “English wigwams,” a cross between the Indian wigwam made of thatch, bark…