Upcoming Events
See complete list of events below the calendar.
Membership Meeting (Members Only) - School of the Soldier (Copy)
no public allowed, members only
North Kingston, RI - Living Open House Day at Smith Castle
Smith Castle’s Opening weekend. Come see what it was like to live in colonial America.
Huntington Homestead Museum
A living history demonstration including civilian life, camp life and weapon demonstrations.
Sturbridge, MA - Redcoats and Rebels
The largest military reenactment in New England! we will be encamped with dozens of other groups for the whole weekend displaying colonial living, camp life and weapons
Lincoln, RI - Chase Farm - Great Road Da
Get a taste of the History of Great Road! Every year, 10 properties along Great Road, one of the oldest highways in the country, invite visitors to an Open House to get a peek inside these rare sites, ranging from 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Take a self-guided tour of the sites at the Great Road Heritage Campus: Hearthside House, Pullen’s Corner Schoolhouse, Hannaway Blacksmith Shop and the Moffett Mill. The other participating sites include the Friends Quaker Meetinghouse, the Arnold House, Mt. Moriah Lodge, Northgate and the Arnold’s Bakery. The Valentine Whitman House, private residence, offers an outdoor visit to learn its history.
Canterbury Old Home Day
We hope you'll join us for this fun, free fall event that features crafters, vendors, period displays, cute animals, live music, delicious food, tours of our historic one-room schoolhouse and more!
Lebanon, CT - Lebanon History Day
A living history demonstration in our hometown of Lebanon. Colonial living, weapons and music.
Coventry, RI - The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead’s Trick or Treat Timeline
Trick R Treat through time at the Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead Saturday October 26th from 10-4.
Visit living historians from the Roman era through the 19th century and get candy!!! All ages welcome!
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Christmas in the Colonies
Join us for the annual 'Leffingwell Christmas in the Colonies' on Sunday, December 8, 11am-3pm! Discover how Christmas was celebrated in the early days of the colonies and how it changed over time to become the holiday we know and love today! Enjoy the regional tastes of the season from New England to the Southern colonies. Enjoy seasonal music, visit with Living History presenters, taste Colonial Chocolate by Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolatier Robert Lecce, do some last minute gifting with Big Bear Trading Company, raise a glass and enjoy seasonal tastes in the spirit of the season.
Lebanon, CT - Wreaths Across America - Date TBD
we will be firing a salute at the veteran’s memorial in Lebanon CT, then we will lay wreaths at the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers from Lebanon.
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - 1773 Road to Revolution
Join us April 20 at Leffingwell House Museum for our season opening, 11am-3pm. Flag raising by Norwich Scouting after Brown's Artillery opening cannon blast. At 11:30 discover more about 1774, On the road to Revolution, a Presentation by Dayne Rugh on the False Powder Alarm Muster. Living History presenters: Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolate, Big Bear Trading Company, the Wedges of Time.
Coventry, RI - The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead Opening Day
This is our first event of the season!
Tour Nathanael Greene’s 1770 home, Spell Hall. Stop by the camp of the resident Kingston Reds and Ladies of the Greene, enjoy Living History demos and learn about the American Revolution Men-at-arms from Ye Olde Lebanon Town Militia.
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - 364th Founders’ Day
364th Founders Day, Proclamations, Presentation, memorabilia hunt
Lincoln, RI - Chase Farm - BeWitched & BeDazzled
Tthe site of Disney’s filming of Hocus Pocus 2, the festival includes some 75 artisan vendors, non-stop stage and grounds performances, children’s activities, hayrides, historic presentations, psychics, food trucks, and more
Scotland, CT - 300th Anniversary of the Samuel Huntington Homestead
Posteponned
More information to come
Sturbridge, MA - Redcoats and Rebels
The largest military reenactment in New England! we will be encamped with dozens of other groups for the whole weekend displaying colonial living, camp life and weapons
Lebanon, CT - Lebanon History Day
A living history demonstration in our hometown of Lebanon. Colonial living, weapons and music
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Arts & Crafts
Arms & Crafts, Antique guns, Colonial women’s home crafts, Big Bear Trading Co., Ye Olde Lebanon Towne Militia 1776, Antique gun Collections and Wedges of time.
North Kingston, RI - Living Open House Day at Smith Castle
Smith Castle’s Opening weekend. Come see what it was like to live in colonial America.
Membership Meeting (Members Only) - School of the Soldier
no public allowed, members only
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - 1773 Road to Revolution
speak with Norwich citizens, Big Bear Trading Co., Colonial chocolate, Brown’s Artillery, Lebanon Militia, The Kingston Reds and Antique guns.
Coventry, RI - The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead
This is our first event of the season! A demonstration with the Kingston Reds and His Majesty’s 54th Regiment of Foot.
Membership Meeting (Members Only)
This is a Members Only meeting and not open to the public.
Membership Meeting (Members Only)
This is a Members Only meeting and not open to the public.
The 2023 Schedule will be finalized at this meeting.
Membership Meeting (Members Only)
This is a Members Only meeting and not open to the public.
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Scarecrows & Cocoa
Annual Scarecrows and Cocoa on the Leffingwell House Museum grounds. Start with a Scavenger hunt in the Business sponsored Scarecrow Garden. Enjoy Living History presenters, learn about Colonial life, visit Suttler Big Bear Trading Co. and the Ye Olde Lebanon Towne Militia. Try the flavor of Colonial Chocolate, an authentic recipe from the 1800’s created by Chocolatier Robert Lecce. Outside activities are free, but we accept donations to help us heat the museum this winter!
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Living History Outdoors
On Saturday August 13, join us at Leffingwell for Midsummer Living History. The Lebanon Militia will be on site with their wonderful living history presenters as will Big Bear Trading Company carrying all your Colonial shopping needs! The museum will have an exhibit of two personal journals kept during whaling voyages in 1845 and 1877. They read like Moby Dick! Also you can speak with Mary Brewster, wife to William Brewster, Captain of the whaling ship Tiger. Mary sailed, with her husband, on the 1845 voyage hunting whales in the South Pacific. Immerse yourself in History at Leffingwell Aug.13, 11-3. Remember, CT Kids 18 and under are free with one adult caregiver.
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Life of Colonial Women
Join us at the Leffingwell House Museum on Saturday, May 14, 11-3pm for the Life of Colonial Women. See Colonial home crafts come alive with the Lebanon Militia Living History presenters, a Firepit cooking demo by Pam of Stevens Artillery, check out the wares of Colonial Suttler Big Bear Trading Company. Enjoy period music performed by talented musicians Kelly and Bob. A last minute addition--There will be delicious chocolate available by Pewter Pot Fine Chocolate!! At noon, listen as Courtney McInvale gives a presentation on Herbs and medicinals used by the household in Colonial times. Inside the Leffingwell, appreciate the Vintage hat collection of Miria Gray and see kitchen gadgets from the late 1800’s. Learn about a few of the women who lived in the house. Come Visit History at the Leffingwell. $8
Norwich, CT - Leffingwell House Museum - Leffingwell Opens Outdoors!
From the Leffingwell House announcement:
Join us at the Leffingwell House Museum on Saturday, May 15 for our first Living History Outdoor Event of 2021. Colonial Lifestyle and Living History presenters. Brown's Company of Artillery will start the season off with a BANG! Basket making by Beth Ann and spinning by Terri of the Lebanon Militia, the colonial wares of Big Bear Trading Company, Tastes of Colonial chocolate by Chocolatier Robert Lecce, 1760 historic arms and see the art of a Blacksmith! Even a visit from traveling preacher Benjamin Vanderlinde. Free to everyone, donations gratefully accepted! Masks and social distancing will still be observed. Tours of the Museum will be available on request for $8/pp. Display of new acquisitions.