Clarification: Today in History for April 27

By The Associated Press

Posted May 1, 2018 05:52:55 PM.

Last Updated May 1, 2018 06:41:11 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

In Today in History for April 27, The Associated Press referred to the Battle of Ridgefield in 1777 as “the only land battle in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.” The item should have made clearer that it was the only Revolutionary War battle in Connecticut that was fought entirely inland.

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