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July 22, 2016

Old document trips up plans to build on town green

By PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press

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A monument marks the spot on the town green in Lebanon, Conn., where French troops camped during the Revolutionary War. The mile-long green has remained much as it was during the 18th-century in part because of a court decision that gives ownership of the entire green to the "heirs and assigns" of 51 original deed holders.

LEBANON, Conn. — The mile-long town green here seems little changed from the days when French troops camped on it during the Revolutionary War. It is hayed each year by farmers and, in the winter, the town turns part of it into an ice skating rink.


 
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