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 [{{ :charter.jpg?400|The text of the College Charter, transcribed in the Trustees Minutes. Image credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
-Charter Day is a celebration on May 16, the generally accepted date in which the State of Connecticut General Assembly granted the charter to establish [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College) in 1823. According to legend, the entire [[hartford|City of Hartford]] celebrated that evening.
+Charter Day is a celebration on May 16, the generally accepted date in which the State of Connecticut General Assembly granted the [[charter|charter]] to establish [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College) in 1823. According to legend, the entire [[hartford|City of Hartford]] celebrated that evening.
 Trinity's early Charter Day celebrations were unofficial affairs organized by students, as it was not endorsed by the College, and later years seemed to only acknowledge Charter Day or celebrate it during notable College anniversaries and campaigns.
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 Despite the earlier enthusiasm, mention of Natal Day, which was detailed in the //Tablet//, disappeared after 1875. It reappeared in the //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]// as "Charter Day" in 1921, but with a date of May 14, not the 16th; as in this instance, Charter Day was only celebrated or mentioned during milestone anniversaries and was a much more formal occasion.
-The 98th Charter Day in 1921 was a momentous occasion because the [[chapel|Chapel]] bell arrived and was first rung, and the Capital Campaign for Trinity's Centennial opened. The Centennial Fund of 1923 promised that every contributor to the fund would have their name engraved on a bronze scroll that would be unveiled on Trinity's 100th Charter Day. The announcement in the //Tripod// advertising the scroll stated that though the contributors "may not live until 2023," their names would live forever. Trinity's 100th Charter Day was again celebrated on May 14, with a special church service on May 13.
+The 98th Charter Day in 1921 was a momentous occasion because Trinity was gifted a new [[chapel|Chapel]] [[bell|bell]], and the Capital Campaign for Trinity's Centennial opened. The Centennial Fund of 1923 promised that every contributor to the fund would have their name engraved on a bronze scroll that would be unveiled on Trinity's 100th Charter Day. The announcement in the //Tripod// advertising the scroll stated that though the contributors "may not live until 2023," their names would live forever. Trinity's 100th Charter Day was again celebrated on May 14, with a special church service on May 13.
 In 1933, the 110th Charter Day was celebrated on May 15. The College Catalogue, however, noted Charter Day was May 22, as it had been doing since 1912 and continued doing until 1938. To add to the confusion, [[fraternities|fraternities]] used "Charter Day" in reference to their organizations' founding, rather than Trinity's.
-Since the 1930s, Charter Day has been observed on May 16, but only for milestone anniversaries. For instance, Trinity's 125th Charter Day was celebrated in 1948 with luncheon, church services, and [[convocation|convocation]], and the 130th Charter Day coincided with the inauguration of President [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert Jacobs]] in 1953. Trinity's 150th Charter Day in 1973 was celebrated with a week-long calendar of events including a celebration of the arts and a 12-page //Hartford Courant// article. Charter Day, May 16, included speakers, the Honors Day ceremony, black tie dinner in [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]], one-act productions in the [[austin_arts_center|Goodwin Theater]], and a 24-hour relay, in which students and faculty hoped to run 150 miles. The College also signed a proclamation declaring May 16-22 "Trinity College Week." Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill, who signed the proclamation, was a member of the Class of 1950 and received gifts for the occasion.
+Since the 1930s, Charter Day has been observed on May 16, but only for milestone anniversaries. For instance, Trinity's 125th Charter Day was celebrated in 1948 with a luncheon, church services, and [[convocation|convocation]], and the 130th Charter Day coincided with the inauguration of President [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert Jacobs]] in 1953. Trinity's 150th Charter Day in 1973 was celebrated with a week-long calendar of events including a celebration of the arts and a 12-page //Hartford Courant// article. Charter Day, May 16, included speakers, the Honors Day ceremony, black tie dinner in [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]], one-act productions in the [[austin_arts_center|Goodwin Theater]], and a 24-hour relay, in which students and faculty hoped to run 150 miles. The College also signed a proclamation declaring May 16-22 "Trinity College Week." Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill, who signed the proclamation, was a member of the Class of 1950 and received gifts for the occasion.
 President [[dobelle_evan_s|Evan Dobelle]] chose to observe the 175th Charter Day on May 16, 1998 at the [[https://wp.cga.ct.gov/osh/|Old State House]] in Hartford, to reenact the College presenting the petition to the General Assembly. During his various speeches, Dobelle unveiled the new Strategic Plan, Campus Master Plan, and reported on the significant gifts received during the latest Capital Campaign. The student body, meanwhile, celebrated Trinity's 175th "anniversary" in early September.
+[{{:trinity-charter-day-10-scaled.jpg?400 |President Joanne Berger-Sweeney looks on as "Banty" assists in planting a tree for Trinity's 200th Charter Day. Photo Credit: Trinity College, 2023.}}]
 On Trinity's 197th Charter Day (2020), Gillian Reinhard '20 echoed the words of the students who attended Trinity in 1868:
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 [[https://tripod.domains.trincoll.edu/features/trinity-college-on-the-occasion-of-its-197th-charter-day/|The Trinity Tripod: "Trinity College on the Occasion of its 197th Charter Day"]], 05/16/2020.
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 503-
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 503-507.
 [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/246|The Trinity Reporter]] (June 1973) pp. 1-2.
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2162/|The Trinity Tripod]], 06/02/1921.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2170|The Trinity Tripod]], 05/17/1921.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2169|The Trinity Tripod]], 05/14/1921.
 [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/37|The Trinity Tablet]], May 1871.