• Windsor Fife & Drum Corps 40th Anniversary Muster

    Broad Street Green

    Please come down to the Windsor Town Green for an afternoon of fife & drum music with the Windsor Fife and Drum Corps! A parade will begin at 11am behind the library and end at the steps of the Town Hall. Immediately following the parade, fife & drum corps from all over will take turns […]

    Free
  • Researching and carving replicas of Revolutionary War veteran’s headstones.

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    The Descendants of The Founders of Ancient Windsor Fall 2025 meeting will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, in person and via Zoom. As part of our contribution to Windsor’s celebration of the nation’s Semiquincentennial, guest speaker will be DFAW Vice President, Randall Nelson, who will present a talk on the process of researching […]

    $10
  • Artifacts of Freedom: 250 Years of Windsor’s Military History

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army and the generations of American veterans who have protected our nation’s freedoms with Windsor Historical Society! Check out some highlights from the Society’s collection of military artifacts from the 18th century to today. Have an artifact of your own to show off? Would you […]

    $10
  • Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    Join participants nationwide in the 8th annual celebration of Douglass Day – a day to honor Frederick Douglass’s legacy by transcribing historic Black archival collections to make them more accessible to researchers. This year, we will be transcribing materials from the Colored Conventions Project. This groundbreaking archive documents how 19th-century African Americans organized around critical […]

    Free
  • Women Who Changed Windsor – Women’s History Lecture

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    Join us for a curator-lead deep dive into our new America 250 exhibit, For the Common Good: 250 Years of Windsor Civic Life. This program will highlight the women in the exhibit who worked to make Windsor a better place by representing the American ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Women held […]

    $10
  • Homeschool Day: For the Common Good

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    Ages 8-11 Students will receive a special tour of Windsor Historical Society’s new America 250 exhibit, For the Common Good: 250 Years of Windsor Civic Life. There they will explore examples of times when people in Windsor worked towards the ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Through this program, students will learn […]

    $10
  • Jordan Freeman Dramatic Presentation

    Windsor Historical Society 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT

    Kevin Johnson portrays Jordan Freeman, an enslaved resident of Old Lyme, CT who served in the Revolutionary War as the servant to two American officers. Johnson’s portrayal of Freeman is told from an emotional and exciting first-person perspective that vividly illustrates the struggle of African-Americans during the Revolutionary War. The presentation is based on extensive […]