Drum Hill Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is hosting a free online event on Thursday, Jan 21, at 12:45 p.m. Please join us for a wonderful afternoon travelling back in time with an online presentation of "A Revolution of Her Own!", the inspirational story of America’s first female soldier Deborah Sampson, featuring History At Play, LLC […]
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., come "Get Colonial" with DAR! You may see DAR members around town in colonial dress handing out flags. Feel free to put on your colonial dress to support our revolutionary patriots! Wilton Garden Club will be celebrating Daffodil Festival and we have partnered with them, so you might […]
Sunday, April 18, 2021, from 1:30-3 pm, please join members of Drum Hill at Comstock Hill Cemetery located at the bottom of North Signal Hill. Comstock Hill Cemetery was given to the DAR and we, in turn, turned it over to the Wilton Land Conservation Trust. We will spruce the cemetery up and then place […]
On Thursday, July 1 from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm the Wilton Historical Society Museum Complex will be buzzing with a fun event perfect for kids, families, and new residents. The “Fire and Ice” Ice Cream Social is a great way to get into the Fourth of July spirit. Docents in Colonial attire will demonstrate all […]
The Drum Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has created a beautiful contemplative Never Forget Garden, at Hillside Cemetery (165 Ridgefield Rd.), as part of the national recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The effort is in reverent tribute to veterans, active military, first responders and their families, now and for […]
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 […]
