Weldon

School Name: [|Windham Middle School] Town: Willimantic [| Map] School Mascot: Wildcat

Willimantic is well-known as the Thread City.... but whassup with the Frog Bridge? [|photo-frogs.jpg] This harks back to the legend of the Frog Fight, a harrowing night in 1754 when townspeople rushed outside with their muskets to defend themselves from an unseen screeching menace. The next morning, they discovered scores of dead frogs, who had fought for the last remaining puddles of water in a drought-stricken lake. The frogs have catapulted the bridge to the forefront of American roadside kitsch. Bill Griffith even devoted a "Zippy the Pinhead" comic [|strip] to the bridge in June 2001. "All right, let's cut to the chase... You're big, you're green, you're from Willimantic... what do you want?"

Teacher Name: Ms. Cyd Weldon Grade Level: Grade 5 Team Name: