Battle of Ridgefield Bus Tour

The 250th is coming. The evidence has changed in the meantime.

Dr. David Naumec is a battlefield historian and archaeologist who worked on the Ridgefield Historical Society's two National Park Service battlefield research projects, and he narrates this bus tour along the route British troops took from Danbury through Ridgefield on 27 April 1777. He stops at the key engagements, points out where the archaeology happened, and explains the new evidence that has changed the accepted account of how the battle actually unfolded.

The Scott House, where the bus leaves from, has its own part in this. The 1714 saltbox originally stood on Main Street, near some of the heaviest fighting of the day, and its present site sits in another area tied to the battle.

Naumec was named Historic New England's Revolution 250 Research Scholar, studying New England's Indigenous and African American Revolutionary War veterans. He holds a master's in History and Museum Studies from Tufts and a PhD from Clark, and he manages the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House and Lighthouse Museum for Historic Stonington.

Book early. Space on the bus is very limited, tickets are nonrefundable, and the Society expects this one to sell out. The tour runs about ninety minutes.

Members pay less. $75 general, or $65 for Ridgefield Historical Society members using the code 10OFF at checkout.

Where to go. The Scott House is a 1714 saltbox at 4 Sunset Lane in Ridgefield, and it is the Historical Society's home. Parking and seating are both limited.