Ledyard Celebrates 250

09/30/2026

Free boat tours!

FREE BOAT TOURS ARE BACK & RESCHEDULED

We’re hitting the Thames tomorrow Wednesday, September 30 from Fort Trumbull with 2 incredible stories on the water:

~Black Heritage Along the Thames: The Half That’s Never Been Told
~The Mashantucket Pequot’s Story

Tours depart at 4:30 PM & 5:30 PM during the breezeline sponsored Fishing Clinic. Come explore the history that shaped our shoreline!

📍 Fort Trumbull, New London
🗓 Sept. 30 | 4:30–6:15 PM
🎟️ FREE

09/30/2026

Please join us for this free event. Rescheduled for THIS Sunday, October 4 at 1pm. The Last Green Valley America's 250th Norwich CT Celebrating Norwich Connecticut Norwich Connecticut Community Forum

09/27/2026

Join us for our last America 250 program - Rhetoric and Reason. This event will feature five great speeches from American history to explore the power of oration to effect cultural, societal, and political change. Free and open to the public - this program was generously grant-funded by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.

09/26/2026

09/22/2026

A piece of Ledyard history!

09/22/2026

We can’t wait to see the results!

Bake like it's yesteryear for Ledyard History Day's Historical Baking Contest! Try your hand at the 1838 apple pie recipe from "The New England Cook Book or Young Housekeeper's Guide," available for free through Project Gutenberg!

🍎 Recipe: TinyUrl.com/HistoricPieRecipe
📅 Competition: Saturday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m. at Ledyard Bill Library
✅ Baker Registration Required: TinyUrl.com/HistoricalBaking2026

09/19/2026

Please join us for this free event.
America's 250th Norwich CT
The Last Green Valley

08/26/2026

This September we will be returning to Cedar Grove Cemetery on September 19th at 10:00 am. We will be exploring some of the under recognized women buried in Cedar Grove as well as women's roles in New England mortuary traditions.

Tickets are $25 per person and $20 for Friends of Cedar Grove or New London Landmarks members. https://www.newlondonlandmarks.org/event-details/a-womens-history-of-cedar-grove-cemetery.

08/23/2026

Join us for the second to last Revolutionary Talk: Benedict in Red; Why Arnold Turned Coat!

Enjoy the CT Maritime Heritage Festival before or after the Talk right next door on Bank Street. Don't miss Flock Theatre 's Burning of Benedict Arnold, beginning at 7:30pm at The Social Bar + Kitchen !

Can't attend in person? Join us LIVE on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/

08/18/2026

Step into 1776! 🇺🇸⚓️

History is coming to the New London waterfront this September. Walk through authentic 18th-century encampments, meet British and American colonial reenactors, experience camp life, and catch marching formations and musket drills during the CT Maritime Heritage Fest.

📍 NEW LOCATION: New London City Pier
📅 September 12
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM

See, hear & feel the past come alive right in the heart of New London!

💻 Allgood Studios and Gallery