Independence Day Celebration & Let Freedom Ring! Ceremony at Mill Hill

Save the Date! Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 1:30pm
Free Admission - Rain or Shine

Colonial re-enactors join Norwalk residents in Independence Day Celebration & national Let Freedom Ring! Program

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Town House Museum
at Mill Hill Historic Park
2 East Wall Street
Norwalk, CT 06852 846-0525

Independence Day Celebration
12:00 – 1:30 St. Paul’s Church on the Green
12:30 – 1:30 Mill Hill Historic Park

National Let Freedom Ring! Program
1:30pm – National “Let Freedom Ring” program at Mill Hill Historic Park

Once again, the Norwalk Historical Society, in conjunction with Celebrate the Past, Inc., the Norwalk-Village Green Chapter, DAR, and the Roger Sherman Branch #5, CTSAR, will host the Independence Day Norwalk Town House Bell ringing at 1:30pm on Wednesday, July 4. The event is part of the nationwide Let Freedom Ring! commemoration ceremonies conducted all over the country.

The event will commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a re-enactment of the first reading of this historic document by a Revolutionary War re-enactor. At 2pm, the Mill Hill Town House bell will be tolled 13 times - one for each of the original 13 colonies - as their names are read aloud.

NHS Advisory Board member Madeleine Eckert will also present a fascinating PowerPoint documentary titled, “Did You Know?… Little Known Facts Concerning Norwalk During the American Revolution.”

Providing a refreshing repast for the event’s attendees, they will be served authentic cookies and gingerbread “Muster Day” treats made from historic Revolutionary War-era recipes.

For a truly patriotic experience that brings home the real meaning of “Independence Day,” please plan to join us for this moving event on July 4.

Members of Norwalk’s Crystal Theatre perform at the Norwalk Town House
Schedule of Events – July 4, 2007

Independence Day Celebration

12:00-1:30pm – St. Paul’s Church on the Green.

12:00-12:45pm – Church Tour & Revolutionary War Graveyard Tour.

12:45pm – Consecration of restored Tombstone of Capt. Benjamin Isaacs (1737-1775), Norwalk Town Selectman, Captain of Militia Horse, & Delegate to 1770 Non-Importation Meeting, and First Master of St. John’s Lodge, #6, F. & A. M., founded 1765.

12:30-1:30pm – Tours of Town House Museum (1835), Little Red Schoolhouse (1826) & Gov. Thomas Fitch’s Law Office (1740) at Mill Hill Historic Park.

National Let Freedom Ring! Program

1:30pm – Town House Museum at Mill Hill Historic Park, 2 East Wall St.

Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Revolutionary War officer reenactor
At 2pm EST, along with bells across the nation, the Mill Hill Town House bell
will be tolled 13 times as the names of the 13 original colonies are read
Musical excerpts from Norwalk’s Crystal Theatre’s production of “Revolution, Norwalk, 1777,” the romantic, swashbuckler musical set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War Guest speakers Mayor Richard A. Moccia, State Senator Bob Duff and State Representative Chris Perone

Powerpoint presentation entitled “Did You Know? Little Known Facts About Norwalk During the American Revolution.”

Refreshments — including cookies and “Muster Day” gingerbread made from
historic Revolutionary-era recipes.