Thursday, January 8, 2026 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EST
God Save the King! Loyalism in Ridgefield, Connecticut During the American Revolution
On Thursday, January 8, 2026, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Ridgefield Historical Society will host Keith Marshall Jones III, author, historian, and the founding President of the Ridgefield Historical Society, who will give an illustrated presentation and sign his new book, “God Save the King! Loyalism in Ridgefield, Connecticut During the American Revolution 1765-1786”, at St. Stephen’s Church North Hall, 353 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT. Our friends at Books on the Common will have books for sale at the presentation. Admission is free, but tickets are required and a limited quantity are available online here. Donations to support the work of the Ridgefield Historical Society are appreciated. This program is part of the Ridgefield Historical Society’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America in 2026.
Why did the Connecticut legislature call Ridgefield a “Tory Town?” Who were the local Loyalists that would not disavow British King George until six months after the Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill? And, what fate befell them after Ridgefield became the last of Connecticut’s seventy-two chartered towns to join the Patriot cause? Learn how entwined loyalties to the Church, the land, community, Connecticut Colony, and the British Crown turned neighbor against neighbor in Ridgefield’s darkest chapter of the Revolutionary era.
Keith Marshall Jones III is author of several books including: THE BATTLE OF RIDGEFIELD, sub-titled Benedict Arnold, the Patriot Militia, and the Surprising 1777 Battle that Galvanized Revolutionary Connecticut (2024); JOHN LAURANCE, the Immigrant Founding Father America Never Knew (awarded the American Philosophical Society’s 2019 “Publication of the Year”); CONGRESS AS MY GOVERNMENT, Chief Justice John Marshall in the War for Independence (2008); Farmers Against the Crown (2002); The Farms of Farmingville (2001). Keith lives in New York City and Connecticut.
The snow date is Fri. Jan. 9 at 6:30pm. For more information contact the Ridgefield Historical Society at [email protected] or 203-438-5821, or view ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org.
