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Nathan Hale     Robert Sheffield      Abigail Adams   Thaddeus Burr    James Armistad  Gen Israel Putnam  

 

Come learn about
Our Area's Vital Role in the American Revolution Through a Series of
Fascinating Local Events:


A Revolutionary reenactment
lectures
site tours
children's activities
and exhibits

Events

October 2025 Ken Burns film: The American Revolution

                      Darien Library

 

November 2025 Lecture: Whale Boat Wars on the Sound

                         Sunday, Nov. 16th 2 pm Rowayton Community Center

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January 2026 Virtual Lecture:  TBD

 

February 2026 Lecture: Eric Chandler

 

March 2026    Lecture: The Web They Wove: Female

                              Patriots in the American Revolution                                      Sunday, March 15th 2 pm Rowayton Community Center

 

April 2026      Revolutionary Reenactment at                                              The Stephen Mather Homestead

                             19 Stephen Mather Road, Darien​​

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June 2026       Exhibit openings, self directed car tours of                            Revolutionary sites in Norwalk and Darien,                          and cemetery tours.

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                                           Saturday, June 13th, Historic Rowayton, Lockwood                                                    Mathews Mansion, Museum of Darien, Norwalk Historical                                          Society, and Stephen Mather Homestead. 

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July 2026  Reading of the Declaration of Independence

                The Mather Homestead and Norwalk's Mill Hill

 

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Nathan Hale, a Connecticut Patriot, soldier, and spy. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed. Hale is considered an American hero and in 1985 was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut.

Visit the site where Nathan Hale set off from Norwalk to his fate as well as a monument to him at Fodor Farm on Flax Hill Road in Norwalk on our site tour!

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Hours: Tues 9:30-12

and by appointment.

Closed in August

177 Rowayton Avenue, Rowayton, CT 06853 

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