Ridgefield Historical Society honored by Preservation Connecticut for it’s “Battle of Ridgefield Documentation and Engagement”.
A nationally significant battlefield site on Main Street may soon be preserved, offering a rare opportunity to protect the place where Ridgefield’s Revolutionary War history unfolded.
New discoveries will bring Ridgefield’s Revolutionary War story to life in a powerful documentary for America’s 250th anniversary.
New archaeological discoveries are reshaping the story of the Battle of Ridgefield and revealing a more complex Revolutionary War battlefield.
A family connection to the 1777 Battle of Ridgefield inspired a dramatic new artwork now represented in the Ridgefield Historical Society’s collection.
This winter, archaeologists are using advanced imaging technology to reveal new details from metallic artifacts recovered during the Battle of Ridgefield investigations, offering fresh insight into what happened on April 27, 1777.
New archaeological fieldwork is using advanced ground penetrating radar to reveal hidden features and burial sites connected to the Battle of Ridgefield.
Archaeologists discovered a cache of Continental Army buttons and musket balls offering powerful evidence of where the Battle of Ridgefield’s fighting occurred.
A pewter uniform button uncovered alongside musket balls offers rare material proof of a Revolutionary skirmish, linking Ridgefield’s landscape with soldiers who fought there nearly 250 years ago.
With funding from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program, the Ridgefield Historical Society and archeologists from Heritage Consultants use hi-tech archeological equipment to search for Battle engagements throughout Ridgefield.