The beautiful paneled "west roome" contains an early piano which belonged to William Samuel Johnson. framer of the U.S. Constitution. and the second president of Columbia University. E1619 Stratford takes great pride in its heritagefrom its first settlers to the brave immigrants who followed in later years. It is one of the few communities in the entire nation to own its own forest. the Roosevelt Forest. and it proudly keeps watch over the magnificent "Great Meadows"-the last great salt marsh left in New England. It is also home to the soon to be renovated. Shakespeare Theater which was once home to the American Shakespeare Theater Company. Stratford became the birthplace of the American helicopter industry. when in 1939. Russian immigrant Igor Sikorsky. successfully flew the first helicopter at his Stratfordbased aircraft plant. More than a halfcentury later. Sikorsky Aircraft is the worlds leading helicopter manufacturer. designing and producing stateofthe art helicopters for both military and commercial applications at its sprawling manufacturing facility on towns north side.
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