Our logo features Plymouth’s unique lockmaking history!

T-shirts and Hats for Sale at Local Businesses!

The logo is featured on our T-shirts and hats for sale at these local stores:

Back to Basics, 31 Main Street (Rt. 6). Hours are M-F, 9AM-6PM, Sat. 9AM-5PM, Sun. 9AM-3PM.

Books and Art on Main, 692 Main Street (Rt. 6). Hours are Fri., Sat., Sun., 12PM-5PM.

Antiques at the Green, 703 Main Street (Rt. 6). Hours are Thur., Fri., Sat., Sun., 10AM-5PM.

The shirts and hats are each $20.

The countdown to America’s 250th anniversary is underway. Plymouth is gearing up to commemorate this historic milestone and our Town’s role in the Revolutionary War.

Plymouth’s America 250 Task Force is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help plan and organize events leading up to July 4, 2026.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, bringing our community together to honor our nation’s past, present, and future. Volunteers will assist with planning events, community outreach, historical programming, and more. Do you only have a little time to give? That’s ok. Have more time available? Even better!

To stay current on planning efforts and events, keep an eye on this page and visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/america250plymouthct

Can’t attend a meeting but have questions or ideas you want to share? Email us at america250plymouthct@gmail.com

Here’s a great video about Plymouth’s America 250 Committee https://youtu.be/EADlFHnQgag

Upcoming Schedule of Events

Plymouth’s America250 Committee is gearing up for a full year of exciting events to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and you can help bring it all to life!

Where’s Betsy Ross? The traveling flag display will move around town through the rest of the year. In October, look for it at the Lock Museum of America, First Congregational Church of Plymouth, and at the Terryville Library.

“Date” Nights at Cafe RYB, Historical Scavenger Hunt, 694 Main Street, in historic Plymouth Center. This event will be rescheduled.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 6-8PM, Holiday Tree Lighting and Carol Sing on the Plymouth Green, 10 Park Street, Plymouth. The America 250 – Plymouth Committee will have a children’s craft activity and will sponsor a historical scavenger hunt on the Green. The prize will be a maple sugar candy. Freshly made maple candy will also be available for sale.

Saturday, January 17, 2026, 10:30AM, Benedict Arnold and the Invasion of Canada, Professor Hamish Lutris will speak about the winter trek of the Continental Army through the wilderness of northern Maine to attack the British Army in Canada. The journey was led by the incredibly brave Benedict Arnold. Terryville Library, 238 Main Street, Terryville. Free admission

Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7PM – Meeting of the America 250-Plymouth Committee at Cafe RYB, 694 Main St., Plymouth. All are welcome. Parking available in back or around the corner on North Street.

Saturday, February 21 – 10:30AM – Revolutionary War reenactor Tom Angels will display and talk about Revolutionary War flags, uniforms, and artifacts. Terryville Library, 238 Main Street, Terryville. Free admission

February 2026 Retrial of Moses Dunbar: Martyr or Patriot?

Who was Moses Dunbar? He was a poor farmer with a pregnant wife and five kids living in Plymouth (then called Northbury) during the Revolutionary War. He was one of two men from Connecticut who were hanged for treason during the War (the other was Nathan Hale). What was Dunbar’s crime? He supported his mother country of England and his religion, the Church of England (also called the Anglican Church). He was against the War. Did he deserve to die?

May 16, 2026 – Olde Plymouth Day on the Plymouth Green with colonial crafts artisans, Revolutionary War reenactors, and colonial-era music.

Take a look at some Gravestone Markers of Revolutionary War veterans at the Plymouth Burying Ground (behind the Congregational Church on the Plymouth Green)

Victory Tomlinson received his unusual first name when his parents, proud British subjects, heard that the English Army defeated the French at the Battle of Montreal during the French and Indian War in 1860.

In 1774, when Congress resolved to ban the import of English products such as tea, coffee, molasses, sugar, and spices, Phineas Royce was on the local “Non-Importation” committee to enforce the law.

Ebenezer Darrow served in Sheldon’s Light Dragoons, a mounted horse company which reported on British troop and naval movements on the Connecticut coast to George Washington. They also transmitted messages between Washington and his officers.

Hezekiah Bunnell survived the War, only to meet an untimely death after he returned home. His gravestone reads “departed this lif suddenly by the fall of a building”.

Roger Conant was a surgeon during the War. He died during the War in 1777 at the age of 33.

Wadsworth’s Brigade, from Connecticut, served to protect Boston in early 1776 until reinforcements under George Washington arrived.

Lake Potter received his unusual first name because when he was born, his father Daniel Potter was serving with the British Army in the French and Indian War. He was stationed at Lake George. So his mother, Martha, named their newborn infant “Lake”.

Jeremiah Markham fought at the Battle of Saratoga. He was shot in the head with a musket ball. As he was carried off the battlefield, he sat up and shouted to his men, “Stand your ground, remember your home!”. He returned to Plymouth and lived to be 93 years old, with the bullet still in his head.

More interesting stories and photos will be added as they become available!