Events - America 250 Celebration
POMFRET HISTORICAL SOCIETY presents 'Songs of America's Transition'.
Saturday, June 28, 2026
3:00PM
At the Old Town House,
11 Townhouse Drive, Pomfret Center, CT
Music historians, Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle will take the audience on a musical journey with popular songs and background information about life in the 13 colonies, events that led up to the War for Independence, the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Republic through songs from 1750 to 1825.
More America 250 upcoming events:
DATE | TIME | EVENT | PLACE | DESCRIPTION |
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4/11/2026 | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Open House 3:00 pm Program | ART OPENING: Laura Tedeschi
PHS OPEN HOUSE Refreshments | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| Laura Tedeschi’s paintings in Afterlife are inspired by gravestone carvings found in colonial and revolutionary period burial grounds. Program: Local 18th century Gravestone Carvers Featuring the Richard and Libbeus Kimball who fought with the Pomfret's 11th Regiment.
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4/20/2026 | 6:30 pm
7:30 pm | Annual Meeting
Program: The Lexington Alarm Rider | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| The Lexington Alarm Rider Dayne Rugh will talk about the Rider who brought the Lexington Alarm to Israel Putnam. TLGV Co-sponsor |
5/2/2026 | 3:00 pm | Hidden Patriots Vicki Welch | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| Genealogist and author Vicki Welch will present her latest research on local Black and Native American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. |
5/24/2026 | 3:00 pm | Sunday Concert Series Music of the American Revolution
| OLD TOWN HOUSE | Tom Vaughn Music from 1780 - 1840 |
6/6/2026 | 3:00 pm | Painting the Revolution Bev York | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| Program about the paintings of John Trumbull which recorded the battles of the Revolutionary War
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6/28/2026 | 3:00 pm | Sunday Concert Series Music of the Revolution | OLD TOWN HOUSE | Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle From the Colonies to Independence: Songs of America’s Transition." |
8/1/2026 | 3:00 pm | Hidden Patriots from the Revolution to Tuskegee Airman Bertram Wilson | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| Former Legislator Hon. Pat Wilson Pheanious will share how the Witness Stones Project unveiled the legacy of her family in the military from the Revolutionary War to the Tuskegee Airmen |
8/23/2026 | 3:00 pm | Sunday Concert Series Music of the American Revolution | OLD TOWN HOUSE | Richard Donahue What a Glorious Crash They Made: Music of Connecticut’s Revolution
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9/5/2026 | 3:00 pm | Doctoring the Soldiery Dan Newman | OLD TOWN HOUSE
| Reenactor, Dan Newman will portray a physician on the battlefield in the Revolutionary War. |
10/2/2026 | 7:00 pm | Concert reception for reenactors | Vanilla Bean Café | Rick Spencer and Dawn Inermuehle Revolutionary Tavern Music: Sea Shanties, Ballads, and Drinking Songs |
10/3 to 10/4/2026 | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | REVOLUTIONARY POMFRET In Historic Abington Village | Pomfret Recreation Park
| Revolutionary War Reenactment and Living History Event Celebrating Local History Long Ago But Not So Far Away: Exploring the Revolutionary War Through a Local Lens |
| Attachment | Size |
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 Songs of America's Transition Concert Series | 2.67 MB |