Ridgefield Veterans Memorial

Center Panel: Honor Roll

World War II and Korean War Action

“Into the Mosaic of Victory,

These Priceless Jewels Were Set”

In Supreme Sacrifice

World War II

Acocella, Charles •

Bell, William P. •

Birarelli, James J. •

Blume, Robert ...

The Battle of Ridgefield, April 27, 1777

Ridgefield, Connecticut

British General Tryon’s Raid on Danbury occurred on April 26, 1777. The beginning of the 1777 campaign was the first British invasion and the only pitched battle in Connecticut. Following the burning of Danbury the British troops marched through ...

Ridgefield

This town was founded in 1708 by a group of families from Norwalk who purchased twenty thousand acres from the Ramapoo Indians for one hundred pounds sterling. They were aided by John Copp, a surveyor, who explored the land now ...

The Battle of Ridgefield

April 27, 1777

The chief engagement of Connecticut’s only inland battle during the War for Independence was fought approximately 100 yards from this site. Several hundred hastily-mustered militia joined a handful of Continental troops under Generals Benedict Arnold and Gold Stilliman ...

Battle of Ridgefield Dead

In defense of American Independence

at the Battle of Ridgefield

April 27, 1777

died

Eight Patriots

who were laid in this ground

companioned by

Sixteen British Soldiers

Living, their enemies, Dying their guests,

in honor of service and sacrifice

this Memorial is placed

for the strengthening of hearts.

Marker is on Main ...

Battle of Ridgefield

April 27, 1777

The Third and Chief

Engagement Occurred

on This Ridge

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Ridgefield's Colonial Plans

Ridgefield, Connecticut

The First Recorded Plan for settlement was in 1697 when a group of Congregationalists primarily from Norwalk petitioned "to purchase of the Indians a certain tract of land lying about 14 miles northward of the town of Norwalk ...

Ridgefield Veterans Monument

[ west side ]

To the Memory of The

Citizens of Ridgefield

Who Served Their Country

In the Wars of the Republic

1775 – 1918

Erected by the People of Ridgefield MCMXXIV

[ east side ]

War of the Revolution

Patrick Ambrose • Amos Baker • Bartholomew Baker • ...

The First Society of Ridgefield

The First Society of Ridgefield

was formed in 1725

under the leadership of

The Reverend Samuel L. Johnson

The name St. Stephen's was given

in the year 1831, the year

in which it became a parish.

The Church of the Living God, the

pillar and ground of the ...

The Ridgefield Train Station

Ridgefield, Connecticut

In 1870, A Branch Line from the Branchville train station was built to offer service to the wealthy New Yorkers who began arriving to spend their summers in Ridgefield. Many of these "summer people" had their own private ...