Editing Windsor, Connecticut (section)

===Historical points of interest===
The Joseph Kesselring [[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|stage play]] and Frank Capra movie ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' was inspired by actual events that took place in a three-story brick house on Prospect Street, just off the north end of the Windsor green.  Sixty men died between 1907 and 1917 while in the care of [[Amy Archer-Gilligan]]. Most were proven to be victims of arsenic poisoning.

On historic Palisado Avenue, one can find the First Church in Windsor, [[Congregational]], and adjacent graveyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstchurchinwindsor.org/ |title=Frontpage |publisher=The First Church in Windsor |access-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000914093108/http://www.firstchurchinwindsor.org/ |archive-date=September 14, 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Across the street on the Palisado Green stands a statue of [[John Mason (c. 1600–1672)|John Mason]], a founder of Windsor and a colonial leader in the [[Pequot War]].

Further north is the home of [[Oliver Ellsworth]], third Chief Justice of the United States.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=John F. Kennedy |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/185175/Oliver-Ellsworth |title=Oliver Ellsworth (chief justice of United States) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611141030/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/185175/Oliver-Ellsworth |archive-date=June 11, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The town center is well-planned in comparison to many others in the [[Greater Hartford]] area.  It has a relative diversity of chains and local shops, as well as a restored [[Amtrak]] [[train station]] dating to the 1850s.  The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut is located in Windsor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vrcmct.org/ |title=Welcome to the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut! |publisher=Vrcmct.org |access-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512081723/http://www.vrcmct.org/ |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1957 to 2006, the town was the location of the S1C Nuclear Powered Training Unit; a prototype nuclear power plant for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.  The former site has the distinction of being the first nuclear reactor site to receive unrestricted release after demolition and decontamination efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/doe-reactor-site-returns-green-field-conditions |title=DOE Reactor Site Returns To Green Field Conditions |website=National Nuclear Security Administration |access-date=June 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160322/http://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/doe-reactor-site-returns-green-field-conditions |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>