The Norwalk Historical Society Museum will be closed on these dates:

Saturday, June 27

2:00pm

“A Triad of Documents: America’s Road to Revolution”
Lecture at Mill Hill

Saturday, July 4
Community Event: “Democracy on the Green”

Celebrating America250 and exercising our democracy!
On the Norwalk Green

Saturday, July 11
10:00am-1:00pm
“Battle and Burning of Norwalk”

featuring the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons

2:00pm

“A Revolution of Her Own! Deborah Sampson”
Event at Mill Hill

Lecture at Mill Hill with Mark Albertson

A Triad of Documents: America’s Road to Revolution

Saturday, June 27 2:00pm

Mill Hill Historic Park, Norwalk

How did the American colonies move from protest to armed resistance – and finally to independence?

Join the Norwalk Historical Society and historian Mark Albertson for an illuminating examination of three pivotal documents:

1774
The Articles of Association
1775
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
1776
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

Together, these documents reveal the colonists’ rapidly changing relationship with Great Britain and their movement toward revolution. Albertson will also explore a carefully couched message in the title of the Declaration of Independence – one King George III would have understood immediately.

About Mark Albertson

Mark Albertson is a historian and educator specializing in American military and constitutional development. He is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine in Monroe, Connecticut, and historian for the Army Aviation Association of America. He is the author of USS Connecticut: Constitution State Battleship, They’ll Have to Follow You! The Triumph of the Great White Fleet, and On History: A Treatise, and is currently at work on Sky Soldiers: The Saga of Army Aviation.

Self-Guided NHS Museum Tours

Self-guided tours of the Norwalk Historical Society Museum are available Wednesdays-Saturdays daily at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00pm. To book a tour, please use the link below.

Explore Norwalk’s History
at Mill Hill Historic Park or the Museum

Norwalk Historical Society Museum

In the Norwalk Historical Society Museum collections tell unique stories about Norwalk and its residents throughout time. NHS Administrative Offices and Gift Shop are also located at the Museum.

Hours
Wednesday–Saturday, Noon-4:00pm
Closed holidays and special events

Location
141 East Ave, Norwalk, CT 06851
Tel: 203-846-0525

Mill Hill Historic Park

Mill Hill Historic Park includes four historic buildings and an ancient cemetery: the 1835 Town House, the 1826 Downtown Schoolhouse, the c. 1740 Gov. Fitch Law Office, and the c. 1767 Mill Hill Burying Ground.

Hours
Grounds – open year round, sunrise-sunset
Buildings – open for special events and group tours.

Location
2 East Wall St, Norwalk, CT 06852
Tel: 203-846-0525

Have your historic home or building researched by the Historical Society!

Norwalk Historical Society

Historic Building Plaque Program

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A Revolution of Her Own!

July 11 at 2:00pm
Mill Hill Historic Park

The Story of Deborah Sampson

Judith Kalaora tells the true story of Deborah Sampson, who dressed as and enlisted as a man in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army.

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