Saturday, October 24, 7PM and 8PM – Mortals Attend and Learn Your End – Lantern Tour of the Plymouth Burying Ground The 7PM tour is full, but there is room on the 8PM tour.
The Plymouth Burying Ground was created in 1747. It contains the gravestones of 38 soldiers from the Revolutionary War. Learn about the lives of these men and how the inscriptions on their monuments (and those of their wives!) provide clues about life in colonial Connecticut. The tour includes the graveyard and the adjacent Plymouth Green; both are on the National Register of Historic Places. $15 adults, kids $5. Reserve your place at plymouthct.history@gmail.com. These tours always sell out!
Plymouth’s Revolutionary Treasure Hunt! Clue sheets will direct you to the historic Plymouth Green to solve the mystery. The sheets are available at Antiques at the Green (703 Main Street, Plymouth), and Cafe RYB (694 Main Street, Plymouth). The clues can be found from sunrise to sunset, every day of the week. Fun for everyone! Return the sheets to get your treasure!
The Plymouth 225th Anniversary mural is on the side of the Lee Hardware Building at 171 Main Street, Terryville.
Click here for a description of the images on the mural – take the kids and find the 10 hidden keyholes! How many kinds of animals can you find? There are more than 20!
PASSPORT TO PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE!
The Passport includes maps, addresses, descriptions, and photos of 20 historic sites in Plymouth. At each location, adventurers will answer questions in the Passport that can be obtained by looking for information at that place. It’s a town wide scavenger hunt!
Copies of the Passport can be picked up at Antiques at the Green, 703 Main Street, Plymouth, 860-283-0689. Store hours are 10am – 5pm , Thursday through Sunday.
Passports are also available at the Terryville Library, 238 Main Street, 860-582-3121.
After you visit all the sites, you can get your Passport officially stamped at the Terryville Library.
THE DIGITAL VERSION of the PASSPORTS ARE AVAILABLE BELOW:
The Passport to Plymouth was funded by a $1,400 grant from the Betts Family Fund and Bristol Brass General Grant Fund of the Main Street Community Foundation.
WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC TERRYVILLE brochure
To celebrate Plymouth’s 225th Anniversary in 2020, the Beautification Committee obtained a generous grant from the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation to pay for a new publication, “A Walking Tour of Historic Terryville”. The brochures are available for free in a plastic box outside the Lock Museum of America (230 Main Street, Terryville), at the Terryville Library (238 Main Street, Terryville), and at Antiques at the Green ( 703 Main Street, Plymouth Center). Pick up a copy and stroll around historic downtown Terryville!
Digital version of the Walking Tour of Historic Terryville brochure. It is formatted to print on 12″ x 18″ paper.
With these self-guided tours, you will learn little known stories about our town’s fascinating history.
WALKING TOUR OF PLYMOUTH CENTER brochure
Copies can be picked up at Antiques at the Green, 703 Main Street, Plymouth, 860-283-0689. Store hours are 10am – 5pm , Thursday through Sunday.
They are also available at the Terryville Library, 238 Main Street, 860-582-3121.
Click here for a link to the brochure: walking tour 6-27 low res
The tour includes the Plymouth Burying Ground which dates to 1747. There are 38 soldiers from the Revolutionary War buried here. Learn about the symbolism of colonial gravestones. Look for some ancestors!
Find the stone that is inscribed “MORTALS ATTEND and LEARN YOUR END”. Creepy!
Go on a scavenger hunt of Plymouth Center! SCAVENGER HUNT on the Plymouth Green
GUIDED WALKING TOURS of the Plymouth Burying Ground and the Underground Railroad
The tour includes the Burying Ground, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Henry Terry House, a stop on the Underground Railroad. The owner will show you the hidden passageway in the cellar used by escaping slaves seeking their freedom.
The inscriptions and symbols on the gravestones provide clues to what life was like in colonial Connecticut. Learn about the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the little known story of the Tories, the American colonists who were loyal to their mother country of England.
Seniors, youth groups, school classes, home schoolers, and historical organizations have enjoyed our tours.
