Below is your personal invitation to the Ridgefield Historical Society presentation regarding the recent battlefield finds from the retreat from Danbury
Look in the archive fore full explanations of the findings, beginning in December of 2019.
See the original press release below.
The final interment took place in May of 2022.
Battlefield Research and Stewardship • Ridgefield Historical Society
Here are further CT adventures of Benny Arnold and more commissary fires.
Thanks to the New England Historical Society for my theft of: (left click)
The Fort Griswold Massacre: Benedict Arnold’s Final Treachery? - New England Historical Society
In December 2019, four bodies of Revolutionary War soldiers were found under a Ridgefield CT home!
These soldiers died in the British departure from the Danbury raid.
The CT State Historian and Archeologist emeritus presented a a 12/18/19 press conference, followed by one in May 2020. All remain convinced that the bodies, thrown into a grave in an uncomposed manner, reflecting the hurry of war.
Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni announced a National Park Service Battlefield Protection Grant, which will involve a town-wide survey!
Checkout the Ridgefield newspapers and historical society on a continuing basis to read news as it's made!
Thanks to the New England Historical Society for my theft of: (left click)
The Fort Griswold Massacre: Benedict Arnold’s Final Treachery? - New England Historical Society
In December 2019, four bodies of Revolutionary War soldiers were found under a Ridgefield CT home!
These soldiers died in the British departure from the Danbury raid.
The CT State Historian and Archeologist emeritus presented a a 12/18/19 press conference, followed by one in May 2020. All remain convinced that the bodies, thrown into a grave in an uncomposed manner, reflecting the hurry of war.
Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni announced a National Park Service Battlefield Protection Grant, which will involve a town-wide survey!
Checkout the Ridgefield newspapers and historical society on a continuing basis to read news as it's made!
