Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connecticut has been a part of American circus history ever since Bethel native P.T. Barnum started promoting outrageous museum ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is easily the most enduring circus name in American history. At its peak, it employed more than 1,000 people and incorporated hundreds of animals in its acts. P.T.

On November 12, 1836, Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum arrived in Rocky Mount after leaving Aaron Turner’s Traveling Circus, for which he managed the sideshow acts and took tickets. Barnum convinced some ...

The “Greatest Show on Earth” is back, touring 50 American cities under its flagship brand of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The new show resuscitates a circus many thought was gone for ...

The circus is coming to town six years after it appeared to be gone for good. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, advertised as “The Greatest Show on Earth” will make two Connecticut stops ...

“The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced ...

BETHEL (AP) -- The Connecticut town where P.T. Barnum grew up is creating a circus atmosphere this weekend as it celebrates the flamboyant showman's 200th birthday. The town of Bethel has dozens of ...

The Barnum Museum celebrated the circus coming back to town. On Tuesday, March 24, the museum hosted the Ringling Hype Crew, a group of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performers who aim to give ...

Growing up in west Denver, Jamie Torres heard the stories about how the Barnum neighborhood got its name. Everyone knew it had something to do with celebrated circus entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum ...