• Patriots’ Day Celebration

    Hillside Cemetery 165 Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • The Weekend The British Burned Danbury

    Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT

    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 […]

    Free
  • “British March Through Redding”

    The Onion Field 37 Lonetown Road, Redding, United States

    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 […]

    $12 – $15
  • WHS and WCC’s Spirits of the Past

    Sharp Hill Cemetery at the corner of 106 and Rt 7, WILTON, CT, United States

    Join the Wilton Historical Society and the Wilton Congregational Church on Sunday, November 3 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. to explore the town’s oldest extant burial ground, Sharp Hill Cemetery. Established in 1738, […]

    Free
  • Book Talk: The Battle of Ridgefield, by Keith Marshall Jones III

    Wilton Historical Society 224 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT

    Join the Wilton Historical Society on Saturday, Mar. 28, from  2:00 - 3:00 p.m.  for a talk by historian and author Keith Marshall Jones III, featuring his book The Battle […]

    $10