The Ridgefield Historical Society Presents:
Faces from the Past: A History Mystery that Connects a Family to Ridgefield
A family lost, now found through the collision of serendipity and sheer luck. A prominent foundational Ridgefield family whose revolutionary story has been forgotten for 200 years, will now be revealed.
Six portraits from the early 19th Century comprise a remarkable art and history mystery, which began in Ridgefield. Their story will be revealed on Sunday, March 2, at 2 p.m. at Lounsbury House at 316 Main St. in Ridgefield, CT by Melanie Beal Marks, principal researcher and owner of CT House Histories, who is a member of the Historic Preservation Committee of the Ridgefield Historical Society.
This program is part of the Ridgefield Historical Society’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America in 2026.
As the national Semiquincentennial celebration begins, it’s fitting to observe that the patriarch of this family, Benjamin Lynes, was personally involved in the Revolutionary War, as a Redding teenager taken captive by British troops and then as an American soldier, serving at West Point. He was a longtime prominent resident of Ridgebury and is one of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ridgebury Cemetery.
Tickets ($25) for this program are limited, nonrefundable, and available from the Ridgefield Historical Society at ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org. For more information contact info@ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org or 203-438-5821.