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The British Are Coming: Colonial Fair & Muster Day in the Hollow

 





The British Are
Coming: 
The 18th Annual Colonial Fair & Muster Day

Woodbury, CT

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Join the Hurd House Museum & the Glebe House Museum in Woodbury on Sunday, September 15th from 12 – 5 pm and step back in time to experience Woodbury’s historic past at the 18th Annual Colonial Fair & Muster Day.


Enjoy an afternoon with the entire family that will include a living history encampment, at the Hurd House Museum. The Gov.Oliver Wolcott, Sr. Branch of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the members of the 23rd Regiment of Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers in America will bring the history of the American Revolution to life, not only from the perspective of the American soldiers, but from the British point of view as well.


A muster day is a traditional colonial event to ready the local militia to defend their homes and properties. These gatherings included food, vendors, showmen, storytellers, games & spectators. They played an important role in affirming the sense of community in people’s lives.


The event will begin at 11:30 am with the Proclamation of “Daniel Sherman Day” by Woodbury, First Selectman Gerald Stomski at the South Cemetery next to St. Paul’s Church on Main Street. Daniel Sherman, great-grandfather of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, receives this historic award in honor of his patriotic service to the Town of Woodbury and to our country. Sherman served as Deputy for Woodbury to the General Court in 1754, 1757-1783 and 1785-1791. He was Justice of Quorum from 1761-1786 and a member of the Governor’s Council 1777-1781 and as a member of the convention that ratified the US Constitution in Hartford in 1788.


There will be two revolutionary war skirmishes, one at 1:00 pm (which will include the taking of the Woodbury First Selectman as prisoner by the British) and one at 3:30 pm.

The SAR will have an encampment and their members, as well as those of the re-enacting units, will be available to talk to event goers and answer questions.


Tours of the Hurd and Glebe House Museums, open-hearth cooking demonstrations, blacksmithing, weaving, basket making, children’s activities and vendors are all part of the day. Hollow Road will be closed to traffic, so that visitors may stroll down this historic street to the Hurd and Glebe House Museums.


The Hurd House Museum is one of three buildings owned by the Old Woodbury Historical Society. It was built in 1680 and is the oldest house still on its original site in Litchfield County. The museum interprets the life of John Hurd, Woodbury’s first miller, and his family who were one of the first families to migrate to Woodbury from southern Connecticut in 1670. The Glebe House Museum, built in 1760, offers a glimpse of Revolutionary War era Connecticut and is furnished as the home of the Reverend John Marshall, his wife Sarah, their nine children, and three slaves who lived in the “glebe” during the turmoil of the American War of Independence.


This event is free and open to the public. Parking is free and will be accessible from the auxiliary entrance of Hollow Park located on Rte. 317.




 





 

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