Ridgefield is lucky. Our past is rich and fascinating. The Historical Society is here to share and preserve this history — and we’re looking for a Membership Chair to help us.
After Gen. David Wooster’s death at the Battle of Ridgefield, poet Phillis Wheatley penned a letter to Wooster’s wife, offering condolences and an elegy. A scan of that letter resides at the Ridgefield Historical Society.