What is the Thames river going to be renamed?

18, 2023 Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 7:55 p.m. A view of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge over the Thames River in New London. A new bill in the Connecticut General Assembly proposes reverting the river to its centuries-old name, the Pequot River.



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