Walker’s Happy Shop: Opened around 1915 at ONS [Old Numbering System, pre-1969] 123 Main Street by Charles Wade Walker, selling typical “news store” products, plus toys, with motto, “Toys to make the kiddies happy, sweets to make the ladies happy, and smokes to make the men happy.” Walker also installed a soda fountain.
Research done by Jack Sanders.
Founded in 1907, the Ridgefield School for Boys boarded boys ages 11-18 preparing them for college and beyond.
Historical Society’s annual 9/11 remembrance exhibit in Town Hall now includes a banner created by Veterans Park Elementary School students, guided by art teacher Leslie Hudson-Tolles in 2001.
The Scott House, headquarters of the Ridgefield Historical Society, hosted more than a dozen interns this summer working on research, cataloging and collections.
Connecticut Humanities to support production of “The Battle of Ridgefield: A New Look at 250”, bringing Ridgefield’s Revolutionary War Story to life.