{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Kansas City","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity","author_name":"grace","author_url":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/blog\/author\/grace\/","title":"Happy Hour: Connecticut: \u201cThe Provisions State\u201d","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7S7CbM8P9v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/event\/happy-hour-connecticut-the-provisions-state\/\">Happy Hour: Connecticut: \u201cThe Provisions State\u201d<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/event\/happy-hour-connecticut-the-provisions-state\/embed\/#?secret=7S7CbM8P9v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Happy Hour: Connecticut: \u201cThe Provisions State\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Kansas City\" data-secret=\"7S7CbM8P9v\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/8-29-26-hh.jpg","thumbnail_width":1519,"thumbnail_height":795,"description":"As ESU Happy Hours continue to salute America\u2019s 250th birthday, we turn to the great state of Connecticut. By the mid-to-late 1700\u2019s, western Connecticut had developed as a quiet, agricultural \u201cbackwater,\u201d landlocked and insulated from the politics and secessionist turmoil of the big colonial cities. Nevertheless, during the Revolutionary War, Connecticut earned the nickname \u201cThe Provisions State,\u201d by supplying vast amounts of meat, grain, clothing, and weaponry to General George Washington\u2019s Continental Army, and was second only to Massachusetts in the number of men serving in the war."}