THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will present a workshop for women interested in joining the DAR. You will have the opportunity to work with an experienced genealogist. Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence […]
The Daughters of the American Revolution, Drum Hill Chapter, encourages Wilton to celebrate Constitution Week by ringing a bell on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 4 p.m.! Did you know that each year, the President of the United States issues a proclamation declaring this week as Constitution Week? Why we celebrate and promote Constitution Week: To […]
Please join Wilton Library for a three-part series on researching your ancestors: November 3, 10, and 17. Please note: each session can stand alone but you will get more out of each if you attend all three. Once you figure out what you have, it will be easier to figure out what you still need […]
Have you been interested in your ancestry? It's time to get started. Meet one-on-one with a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) lineage research specialist at Wilton Library during a 45-minute private session on Saturday, Jan. 7, between 10:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. The DAR researchers are specialists in lineage research back to the late […]
Please join Wilton Library for a special Patriots’ Day program where history will come alive! Historian and Revolutionary War Reenactor Col. Larry A. Maxwell will tell the story of how the Continental Army and local patriots managed to get around more than 2,000 Crown Forces in Wilton to oppose that invading force at Compo Beach […]
Join Wilton Library for a special presentation on the Weekend the British Burned Danbury given by the Danbury-based host of the popular podcast on Connecticut history, Mike Allen. In 1777, early in the Revolutionary War, a weekend military mission into inland Connecticut was supposed to be a seminal military victory for the British in their […]
Experience History Come Alive with Wilton's Daughters of the American Revolution, Drum Hill Chapter! On Saturday, April 27, at the Historic Onion Field in Redding, CT, join to commemorate the 1777 March of the Crown Forces through Redding, on a mission to dismantle the Continental Army Supply Depot in Danbury. This one-day educational Living History […]
Join us at the Hillside Cemetery and Arboretum in the Never Forget Garden, for a special event called Patriots’ Day. We will visit the graves of several Wilton patriots and reflect on how they contributed — both in service and in spirit — to this chapter of American History. Afterward, we are all invited to the […]
