The Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority invites you to enjoy a little bit of yesteryear in a daylong celebration o f 18th century Danbury!
On August 28, 2010 from 10am -2pm re-enactors will present living portraits of Danbury life in the 18th century.
Join us for open hearth cooking demonstrations, “spycraft”, revolutionary war style, tinsmithing, colonial dancing and much, much more. All living history demonstrations will be hosted in the museum buildings and on the museum grounds at 43 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810
At 3pm we will walk a short distance to the Wooster Street cemetery for the headstone rededication of Revolutionary War hero Major Frederick J. Whiting. Whiting was a Danbury resident and was the Adjutant to Colonel Elisha Sheldon, commander of the Second Continental Light Dragoons. At the end of the Revolutionary War Major Whiting was in Newburgh, New York with General Washington at the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati. The rededication and a libation ceremony will be conducted by the present day Second Continental Light Dragoons. Your presence would be a tribute to this true American Patriot and a testament that his work, and the work of all our Revolutionary War heroes, has not been forgotten.
All the above activities are free and open to the public.
For more information please visit our website at www.danburymuseum.org or call 203-743-5200.