In honor of Veteran’s Day, local historian Eric Chandler will do an encore presentation of his lecture entitled: “Jewish Participation in the American Revolution – Red, White and Jewish” on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 2:00pm at the Norwalk Historical Society’s Mill Hill Historic Park Townhouse – 2 East Wall Street Norwalk, CT. Tickets are ... Read more
Event takes place at Mill Hill Historic Park – 2 East Wall St. Norwalk, CT. Handicapped and Limited Mobility parking on site only. For general parking, please follow signs to parking across the street. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month! Drew Shuptar-Rayvis, locally well-known living historian of Algonkian life, will run a family friendly ... Read more
As the sun sets, the spirits come out to play... Take a lantern-lit tour through the old Mill Hill graveyard! Among the crooked gravestones of Mill Hill, ghostly entities are waiting to share their true stories of death, murder, insanity and destruction at the Norwalk Historical Society's 9th annual, “A Haunting at Mill Hill”. Friday, ... Read more
Discover Norwalk’s maritime involvement during the War of Independence on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 2:00pm during the slide lecture: “The Sally: The Adventures of a Norwalk Sloop During the American Revolution”. The lecture presented by local historian and longtime Norwalk Historical Society Board Member, Madeleine Eckert, will take place at the Townhouse at Mill ... Read more
Celebrate Independence Day with the Norwalk Historical Society at Mill Hill Historic Park on Thursday, July 4, 2019 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. This is a FREE event! Mill Hill Historic Park is located at 2 East Wall Street Norwalk, CT. Only Handicapped & Limited Mobility parking on site. General parking is across the street - ... Read more
Join local historian and Norwalk Historical Society Board Member, Ed Eckert, for the slide lecture "The Battle and Burning of Norwalk, July 11, 1779" on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 2:00pm at the Norwalk Historical Society’s Mill Hill Historic Park Townhouse – 2 East Wall Street Norwalk, CT. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchased ... Read more
Beer connoisseur, Gregg Glaser, is back at the Norwalk Historical Society to host a revolutionary beer and cider tasting! Step back in time to the 1700s for a “Revolutionary Connecticut Beer & Cider Tasting” on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00pm at the Norwalk Historical Society’s Mill Hill Historic Park Townhouse. Explore the history of ... Read more
Join historian Richard Hubert for “Secret Codes of Early America” on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 2:00pm at the Norwalk Historical Society’s Mill Hill Historic Park Townhouse – 2 East Wall Street Norwalk, CT. Discover the secret codes used during the Revolutionary War and Civil War. Learn how the codes were created, how they worked, ... Read more
As the sun sets, the spirits come out to play... Take a lantern-lit tour through the old Mill Hill graveyard! Hear chilling tales based on real events from Norwalk’s hidden past at the Norwalk Historical Society's 8th annual, “A Haunting at Mill Hill” on Friday, October 12, 2018 and Friday, October 19, 2018 with tours at ... Read more
Calling all adult pirates! Jump on board for the Norwalk Historical Society's Rum Tasting Party at Mill Hill Historic Park Townhouse on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 7:00pm. Gregg Glaser, a spirits and beer connoisseur and publisher/editor of Modern Distillery Age, will lead the tasting. Learn the history behind Colonial America’s top drink, rum! Discover ... Read more
