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38-star American flag
Cultural history

38-Star Flag

There are multiple antique American flags in the archives of the Ridgefield Historical Society. However, this one is likely the oldest, having only 38 stars.

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Let Freedom Ring - Ridgefield 2022
RHS News

Let Freedom Ring! 2022

Celebrate “Let Freedom Ring,” a long-standing tradition in which churches, institutions, and individuals ring their bells 13 times at 2 pm to celebrate our freedom and independence.

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Cultural history

Treasures from the Archives: Two Dresses

The following items from the Historical Society’s archives were hand-selected and researched by our two Ridgefield High School interns, Sara Shepherd and Tyler Ingram. Suffragist Dress This dress was previously

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Cultural history

First Pride Day, 1998

FIRST ‘PRIDE’ DAY: “A Celebration of Community: Straight, Gay and Lesbian“ took place in 1998, on the Community Center lawn. Just a year later, a Rainbow Flag was flown for the first time in the nation over a state capitol, Hartford, on March 21, 1999.

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RHS News

Meet the RHS Interns

It’s May 2022 and for the next several weeks, we have the good fortune to have our Ridgefield High School interns on board, lending an extra hand and a fresh

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Bing Liem
RHS News

It Truly Takes a Community

Meet Ridgefield resident Bing Liem, official photographer of the Battle of Ridgefield Reenactment and the Ceremonial Funeral Procession for the Town of Ridgefield and the Historical Society.

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Battle of Ridgefield

Battlefield Planning Charrette #2

Researchers are compiling the history of the Battle of Ridgefield, and we want you to weigh in on how to share this history! The Ridgefield Historical Society is conducting two

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