Ashford Historical Society

10/26/2026

Reminder: Our meeting tomorrow will be at the Senior Center, not Knowlton Memorial Hall. See you at 7pm

09/19/2026

TODAY at 2pm. Hope to see you there!!

Please join us at Knowlton Hall on September 19th to hear Joyce Knowlton and officials from MICA speak about Thomas Knowlton’s life and how he is remembered still by the military intelligence corp.

08/18/2026

Moose Mystery - The Hartford Courant and Willimantic Chronicle -1964:

07/29/2026

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?⁣
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Preserving voices and memories of experiences and past events is an important way to make connections to our history. Members of the Ashford Historical Society are training with UConn history professor Fiona Vernal to record oral histories with the aid of 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, a new online platform.⁣
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We are anticipating this resource will help us document our town’s heritage and are seeking participants to share their story with this free program. Anyone with community ties is eligible.⁣
Please email 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺@𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮 for details.⁣

07/27/2026

Just a reminder...our monthly meeting is tomorrow, 7pm, Knowlton Memorial Hall

07/14/2026

Did you know?
Betsy Ross is typically credited with creating the first American Flag, however many historians believe that it was actually Francis Hopkinson who designed the first flag in 1776.

Does anyone know what the pattern of the first flag looked like, or were there multiple iterations? I'm seeing stars in a 4-5-4 pattern and in a circle pattern.

Send a message to learn more

07/05/2026

On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was adopted. Though Thomas Jefferson was the principal author, tweaks were made to the original draft by Congress and others. The Declaration of Independence was not fully signed by all colonies until August 2, 1776.

07/04/2026

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 250𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓪! 🇺🇸 2026 marks the 250th year of America’s independence from Great Britain. On July 2, 1776, the Lee Resolution was the formal motion that declared the original 13 colonies (Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) free and independent states. Over the next 183 years, states were added until the last (Hawaii) was added in August of 1959.

05/02/2026

Stop by the Civil War Museum in Vernon today from 3-5 PM for a history and music event!! Attendance is FREE, but donations are welcomed!

03/30/2026

Just a reminder...The next meeting of the Ashford Historical Society will be tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 31), 7pm at the Knowlton Memorial Hall.

Don't forget annual dues is due in April.

Hope to see you there!