Join us for the annual 'Leffingwell Christmas in the Colonies' on Sunday, December 8, 11am-3pm! Discover how Christmas was celebrated in the early days of the colonies and how it changed over time to become the holiday we know and love today! Enjoy the regional tastes of the season from New England to the Southern colonies. Enjoy seasonal music, visit with Living History presenters, taste Colonial Chocolate by Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolatier Robert Lecce, do some last minute gifting with Big Bear Trading Company, raise a glass and enjoy seasonal tastes in the spirit of the season.

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Trick R Treat through time at the Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead Saturday October 26th from 10-4.
Visit living historians from the Roman era through the 19th century and get candy!!! All ages welcome!

A living history demonstration in our hometown of Lebanon. Colonial living, weapons and music.

Smith Castle’s Opening weekend. Come see what it was like to live in colonial America.

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Join us April 20 at Leffingwell House Museum for our season opening, 11am-3pm. Flag raising by Norwich Scouting after Brown's Artillery opening cannon blast. At 11:30 discover more about 1774, On the road to Revolution, a Presentation by Dayne Rugh on the False Powder Alarm Muster. Living History presenters: Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolate, Big Bear Trading Company, the Wedges of Time.

This is our first event of the season!

Tour Nathanael Greene’s 1770 home, Spell Hall. Stop by the camp of the resident Kingston Reds and Ladies of the Greene, enjoy Living History demos and learn about the American Revolution Men-at-arms from Ye Olde Lebanon Town Militia.

364th Founders Day, Proclamations, Presentation, memorabilia hunt

A living history demonstration in our hometown of Lebanon. Colonial living, weapons and music

Arms & Crafts, Antique guns, Colonial women’s home crafts, Big Bear Trading Co., Ye Olde Lebanon Towne Militia 1776, Antique gun Collections and Wedges of time.

Smith Castle’s Opening weekend. Come see what it was like to live in colonial America.

speak with Norwich citizens, Big Bear Trading Co., Colonial chocolate, Brown’s Artillery, Lebanon  Militia, The Kingston Reds and Antique guns.

This is our first event of the season! A demonstration with the Kingston Reds and His Majesty’s 54th Regiment of Foot.

Annual Scarecrows and Cocoa on the Leffingwell House Museum grounds. Start with a Scavenger hunt in the Business sponsored Scarecrow Garden. Enjoy Living History presenters, learn about Colonial life, visit Suttler Big Bear Trading Co. and the Ye Olde Lebanon Towne Militia. Try the flavor of Colonial Chocolate, an authentic recipe from the 1800’s created by Chocolatier Robert Lecce. Outside activities are free, but we accept donations to help us heat the museum this winter!

On Saturday August 13, join us at Leffingwell for Midsummer Living History. The Lebanon Militia will be on site with their wonderful living history presenters as will Big Bear Trading Company carrying all your Colonial shopping needs! The museum will have an exhibit of two personal journals kept during whaling voyages in 1845 and 1877. They read like Moby Dick! Also you can speak with Mary Brewster, wife to William Brewster, Captain of the whaling ship Tiger. Mary sailed, with her husband, on the 1845 voyage hunting whales in the South Pacific. Immerse yourself in History at Leffingwell Aug.13, 11-3. Remember, CT Kids 18 and under are free with one adult caregiver.

Join us at the Leffingwell House Museum on Saturday, May 14, 11-3pm for the Life of Colonial Women. See Colonial home crafts come alive with the Lebanon Militia Living History presenters, a Firepit cooking demo by Pam of Stevens Artillery, check out the wares of Colonial Suttler Big Bear Trading Company. Enjoy period music performed by talented musicians Kelly and Bob. A last minute addition--There will be delicious chocolate available by Pewter Pot Fine Chocolate!! At noon, listen as Courtney McInvale gives a presentation on Herbs and medicinals used by the household in Colonial times. Inside the Leffingwell, appreciate the Vintage hat collection of Miria Gray and see kitchen gadgets from the late 1800’s. Learn about a few of the women who lived in the house. Come Visit History at the Leffingwell. $8

From the Leffingwell House announcement:

Join us at the Leffingwell House Museum on Saturday, May 15 for our first Living History Outdoor Event of 2021. Colonial Lifestyle and Living History presenters. Brown's Company of Artillery will start the season off with a BANG! Basket making by Beth Ann and spinning by Terri of the Lebanon Militia, the colonial wares of Big Bear Trading Company, Tastes of Colonial chocolate by Chocolatier Robert Lecce, 1760 historic arms and see the art of a Blacksmith! Even a visit from traveling preacher Benjamin Vanderlinde. Free to everyone, donations gratefully accepted! Masks and social distancing will still be observed. Tours of the Museum will be available on request for $8/pp. Display of new acquisitions.