2026 EVENTS
4/11 1:00 OPEN HOUSE and ART EXHIBIT, Afterlife: Re-imagining 18th Century Grave Carvings
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Laura Tedeschi’s paintings in Afterlife are inspired by gravestone carvings found in colonial and revolutionary period burial grounds
Refreshments
4/11 3:00 Laura Tedeschi and Keegan Day present The Stone Carvers of the 18th Century
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Featuring Pomfret's Richard Kimball and his son Lebbeus Who Served with the 11th Regiment from Abington
4/20 6:30 Annual Meeting of the Membership
OLD TOWN HOUSE
4/20 7:30 Program: The Lexington Alarm Rider
OLD TOWN HOUSE
TLGV co-sponsor
Dayne Rugh will talk about the Rider who brought the Lexington Alarm to Israel Putnam.
5/2 3:00 Vicki Welch, Hidden Patriots
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Genealogist and author Vicki Welch will present her latest research on local Black and Native American soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
5/24 3:00 Sunday Concert Series
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Tom Vaughn Music of the American Revolution 1780 - 1840
6/6 3:00 Bev York, Painting the Revolution
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Program about the paintings of John Trumbull which recorded the battles of the Revolutionary War
6/28 3:00 Sunday Concert Series
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle
From the Colonies to Independence: Songs of America’s Transition.
8/23 3:00 Sunday Concert Series
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Richard Donahue, Music of the American Revolution
What a Glorious Crash They Made: Music of Connecticut’s Revolution
9/5 3:00 Dan Newman, Doctoring the Soldiery
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Reenactor, Dan Newman will portray a physician on the battlefield in the Revolutionary War.
10/2 7:00 Mark Renburke Band
VANILLA BEAN CAFÉ
Traditional Irish Music from the 1700’s & 1800’s
11/7 Chip Lamb, Kenneth Noll, Loyalist Vs Patriot
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Debate between Loyalist Godfrey Malbone and Israel Putnam
12/5 3:00 COMMUNITY CAROL SING
OLD TOWN HOUSE
Early American Carols And old favorites
"Waking the Dead"
Archaeology, Genealogy and Archival Research of Enslaved Africans and Native Americans Four Workshops on research techniques and burial ground restoration featuring the enslaved Africans of Jonathan Randall from 1777 up to the Civil War.
Workshop included tours of historic sites and demonstrations on repairing and cleaning gravestones.
Series is funded by a grant from CThumanties. The Last Green Valley provided filming of all parts of the 4 days under the direction of Fran Kefalas.
