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Community Friendship Quilt Project:  Community Members Construct Quilt Blocks for a Community Quilt

 

June

June 6 • 7pm: Lecture (Old Lyme Historical Society) / Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London by Eric D. Lehman

 

June 5-July 17: A Connecticut History exhibition at the Lyme Art Association

June 21 • 5-7pm: Make Music Old Lyme

June 22-27: David Ruggles Week, including lectures and panel discussions at the Lyme Public Library.

June 27-November 8: Patchwork: Connecticut Artists Consider 250 exhibition at The Florence Griswold Museum

June 29 • 7pm: Lecture (Old Lyme Historical Society) / Revolution in the Lymes - From the New Lights to the Sons of Liberty by Jim Lampos & Michaelle Pearson

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July

July: Dedication of Blue Star and Gold Star Memorial Markers (Duck River Garden)

July 1 • 1pm: Lecture  (Lymes’ Senior Center) / Homes of the Founding Fathers by Bowtie Historian Jason Scappaticci

July 2: Jac Lahav Exhibition: “George!” on view at The Cooley Gallery

​July 2 • 7pm: Performance (Old Lyme Historical Society) / What a Glorious Crash They Made: Musick of Connecticut’s Revolution by Richard Franklin Donohue 

July 4: Parades at Sound View (10am) and Rogers Lake (Afternoon Boat Parade)

July 4 • 1:50pm: Town Proclamation and Dedication to the Ideals of the Declaration 

July 4 • 2pm: National Bell Ringing (13 times)

July 5 • 12pm-4pm: Town Picnic at Town Woods Park / “America’s Potluck” 

• Live Music, Games, Bring-Your-Own Picnic plus Grill Options by the Lions Club. ​

July 6 • 6:30-7:30pm: Community Read and Book Discussion at OL-PGN Library.  

• Registration for Book discussion necessary

July 8: Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence

• (First public reading 7/8/1776)

July 9 • 6pm: Lymes' Youth Service Bureau Evening at Theater: 1776 at the Ivoryton Playhouse

July 9 • 6pm: Workshop  (OL-PGN Library / Calligraphy That Inspired a Nation: Learn to Write Like America’s Founders with Debby Reelitz

July 16 • 4-5pm: Walking Tour (Old Lyme Cemetery Association) /After the Revolution: Reflections at Duck River. This tour of the Duck River Cemetery will offer a fresh look at Old Lyme during the Revolutionary War period. 

July 18th: National Muster (Deep River Ancient Muster)

July 25 • 9am-3pm: Arts District Midsummer Festival 

July 25 • Sundown: Old Lyme Town Fireworks

 

September

September 26 • 6pm: Lecture (Old Lyme Historical Society)/ Lyme's Native America Fighters of the Revolution by Dr John Pfeiffer

September 28 • 1pm: Lecture (Lymes’ Senior Center) / Interesting Facts of the Last 250 Years by Mallory Howard, Asst Curator, Mark Twain House

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October

October 22 • 6:30pm: Performance (Old Lyme Historical Society) / Kevin Johnson as Jordan Freeman of Lyme

 

December

December 3 • 6:00pm: Performance (Old Lyme Historical Society) / Nine Centuries of Christmas Music by Richard Franklin Donohue 

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Annual Town Meeting • January 2027 

Town Time Capsule Dedication

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Past Events

March 15, 2025: David Ruggles Day Proclamation

April 15, 2025: Two Lights for Tomorrow Commemoration

January 14, 2026: Lecture: History of Railroads in SECT (OL-PGN Library)

April 23 • 7pm: Lecture and Book Signing (Old Lyme Historical Society) / Lyme, Connecticut: From Founding to Independence (50th Anniversary Edition) by Bruce P. Stark.

April 24 • 11:30am: Arbor Day Planting of Charter Oak Descendant Seedling (Tree Commission)

May 3 • 1-4pm: Quilting Tea held by the OL Historical Society

May 14 • 7pm: Lecture (Old Lyme Historical Society) / History of the Stars & Stripes by James Meehan

May 25 • 10am: Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

(The parade was cancelled for rain; the cemetery ceremony took place at the Middle School) 

• 10:00am - 1:00pm: Open House at Old Lyme Historical Society featuring exhibit of 1776, 1876, and 1976 memorabilia and commemorative items