It is May 2, 1775, and Rachel Revere has only heard from her beloved husband Paul once since his legendary midnight ride on the 18th of April. Still isolated from one another due to the Siege of Boston, Rachel desperately tries to create a plan to safely take her children: six-step children from Paul’s first […]
Monday, April 19, at 6:30 pm a Proclamation will be read by our First Selectwoman, Lynne Vanderslice. We will convene at Hillside Cemetery with the American Legion Post 86 for our Patriots’ Day Celebration. There will be opening remarks on the significance of Patriots’ Day; an Honor Guard from American Legion Post, James B. Whipple […]
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 […]
Celebrate Patriots' Day with Hillside Cemetery. Wilton actually played an important role during the Revolutionary War. A surprisingly large number of over 300 men from Wilton served in military units under Captain Samuel Comstock and Major General Israel Putnam. Meet at the Never Forget Garden at Hillside to commemorate Patriots’ Day! There will be remarks […]
Join us at Hillside Cemetery on Tuesday, Apr. 22, at 5:30 p.m. for a special Patriots’ Day event honoring Wilton’s role in the War of 1812. We’ll visit the graves of several Wilton patriots and reflect on how our town contributed — both in service and in spirit — to this chapter of American 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 […]
