Category: Wethersfield Enters the Revolution
About the Author: Ronna Reynolds
Ronna Reynolds, the first professional director of the Wethersfield Historical Society (1973 – 1977), received her B.A. in History from Connecticut College and her M.A. in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program (New York State University). In 1978, she was selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar …
Wethersfield Enters the Revolution
by Ronna L. Reynolds That spark was provided by the “shot heard round the world” on April 19, 1775. At ten in the morning, Israel Bissell, postrider, set up from Watertown, Massachusetts with a notice giving the particular of the Lexington engagement and stated that the bearer “is charged to …