1814 Battle of Stonington Commemorated-- Part 2

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malby, U.S. senator Richard Blumenthe and U.S. RepresentativeJoe Courtney will also be in attendance.

The battle itself took over the span of four days in early August 1814.  The Royal Navy ships commanded by Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy attacked the village of Stonington after it refused to surrender.  Using three cannons, two of which are on display at Cannon Square, residents repelled the attack, but many burrough homes were damaged and some still have cannonballs in their walls.

This was one of Connecticut's biggest military events during the war and came at a time when the U.S. fortunes were going bad.

There will be concerts, walking tours, military encampments at the Old Lighthouse Museum.  There will also be Stonington Harbor cruises aboard the Mystic Whaler and a rare public display of the original flag that flew over the burrough those days 200 years ago.

--Brock-Perry