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Article: BUDGET WOES SQUEEZE STATE-RUN MUSEUMS ACROSS THE NATION, HISTORIC SITES RUN THE RISK OF BEING CLOSED TO SAVE MONEY.(DAYBREAK)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2003
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Byline: Kathryn Masterson Associated Press
GUILFORD, CONN. -- Joan Ces and her 7-year-old son came all the way from California to see early American history, but when they reached the oldest stone house in New England, it was closed.
The reason: state budget cuts.
Signs posted on the doors of the Henry Whitfield State Museum said the house that had survived since 1639 was in danger of closing permanently, along with three other state historical sites.
"This was something we wanted to see -- real Connecticut, historic Connecticut," said Ces, of Aliso Viejo, Calif. "You don't see much that's this old in California."
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