
Making Her Mark on History
Isabel Griffith is a college freshman, but that doesn’t mean she can’t design a logo: namely the Battle of Ridgefield 245th Anniversary logo.

Isabel Griffith is a college freshman, but that doesn’t mean she can’t design a logo: namely the Battle of Ridgefield 245th Anniversary logo.

For the first time ever, the Ridgefield Historical Society (RHS) will be awarding a scholarship to a Ridgefield High School (RHS) Senior with a demonstrated bent for history. Ridgefield history, to be specific.

The Ridgefield Historical Society is grateful to have received a 2022 grant from the Wadsworth R. Lewis Fund. Read a brief history of Lewis’s life in Ridgefield.

The Society is seeking an Organizational Intern to assist with a variety of projects and tasks related to the mission of the organization.

In recent weeks, we’ve had lots of visitors to the Scott House. Some planned, some impromptu, and it’s been fun. Here are a few accounts of the activity.

The Ridgefield Historical Society is the grateful recipient of two CTH grants totaling $20,563: a SHARP Capacity Grant in the amount of $7,763, and a CT Cultural Fund Operating Support grant in the amount of $12,800.

Michèle Mahland, loving wife of the late G. Richard Mahland (Dick) passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 8, 2022. Michèle was born in Lancaster, PA on August

Bright new banners inviting everyone to “Celebrate the History of Ridgefield” with the Ridgefield Historical Society go up on lamp posts in town this week, a reminder of the busy spring ahead.

The Town of Ridgefield and Ridgefield Historical Society are celebrating the occasion with a full weekend of events, turning back the clock, and bringing the history and characters of the time alive, as well as introducing new important discoveries regarding the Battle.

We certainly had fun getting ready for “Picturing Our Past,” which opens at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists on Saturday, March 12. The show runs until Saturday, April 2.