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Build a Bigger Table Wethersfield

June 3rd, 6:00pm. Build a Bigger Table Wethersfield

You are cordially invited to the launch of “Build A Bigger Table Wethersfield,” a community dinner dedicated to fostering open dialogue and authentic connection.

Our Goal:
In an increasingly divided world, “Build a Bigger Table” aims to bring community members together to share a meal and engage in real listening. We invite you to step out of your “bubble” and join us with an openness to hear different perspectives and beliefs.

What to Expect:
Community Seating | To encourage new connections, participants will be seated at round tables with people they don’t already know.

Guided Conversation | Each table will have prompts to help break the ice and stimulate meaningful discussion.

A Commitment to Civility | We ask all guests to come with a desire to listen and learn, agreeing to follow basic rules of civility throughout the evening.

Details:

When: Wednesday, June 3, 6:00 PM
Where: The Webb Barn, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield
Suggested donation: $25

This event is pay-what-you-wish. Enter your desired amount at checkout.

This event is made possible through a partnership between the Webb Deane Stevens Museum, the Wethersfield Historical Society, and the Greater Good Collective.

*Please share allergens and food sensitivities to rdumouchel@wdsmuseum.org

RSVP
https://www.simpletix.com/e/build-a-bigger-table-wethersfield-tickets-269008

Declaration of Independence Reading

July 8th, 5:00pm – 7:00pm. Reading of Declaration of Independence at Cove Warehouse

Join the community as America comes together to read the Declaration of Independence. All over the United States in honor of America’s 250th people are getting together to read the Declaration of Independence as one. For us in Wethersfield and the East Coast that means 6pm.

Meet friends and neighbors at the Keeney Center, 200 Main Street for a guided walking tour to the Cove Warehouse. Three tours leaving between 5:00pm – 5:20pm. At the Cove Warehouse the Declaration of Independence will be read aloud.

*Attendees invited to return to Keeney Center and support local business with dinner, ice cream etc. Attendees not wanting to walk due to distance/time/mobility can park at the Cove and meet at Cove Warehouse at 6pm.

Freedom Tribute: Honoring our Veterans and First Responders

July 23rd – 26th, open 24 hrs, Freedom Tribute: Celebrating 250th Birthday, Honoring our Veterans and First Responders

Please visit as Wethersfield honors our veterans on the lawn between the Hurlbut-Dunham house and the Keeney Memorial Center at 200 Main Street, Wethersfield CT.

Tribute:
85 A-Frames (24 x 72) with 170 (24 x 60) Printed Panels
Each panel is 2’ wide
Total length 170’
Each frame is 6’ tall

Color Panels:
VIETNAM = 100 panels on 50 A Frames. List of all 58,300 names (100’ long)
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR (GWOT): 44 panels on 22 A-Frames reflecting logo & explanation for Iraq & Afghanistan Warrior Tribute Casualty names. Timelines, Medals of Honor, Kabul Airport Bombing & Vets Creed, Logo & Summary for 9-11, Flight 11, Flight 175, Flight 77, Flight 93, NEW MEMORIAL & TOWER CASUALTIES (first responders own panel) 36’

Cost of Freedom: 26 panels on 13 A-Frames, WW1, WW11, Korean, Vietnam, Cold War, USS Pueblo, Iran Hostage, El Salvador, USMC Beirut, Granada Invasion, Desert Storm / Desert Shield, Somalia, Khobar Towers Bombing, USS Cole Attack, Fort Hood Attack, Bengazi & PTSD

America’s Community Picnic

July 5th, 12:00pm – 3:00pm. America’s Community Picnic

America is 250 and we are getting together as a community to celebrate! Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and food for this community picnic at the Solomon Welles House/Cove Park. Enjoy music provided by DJ Brian Skibo courtesy of the Wethersfield Tourism and Cultural Commission. There will be a Family Cornhole Tournament and Bingo for the kids, with prizes to be awarded.

Wethersfield Fireworks

June 6th, 5:00pm – 9:45pm. Wethersfield Fireworks 2026

Theme: America250

The Town of Wethersfield is happy to announce that the annual fireworks celebration is returning on Saturday, June 6th, 2026 at Cove Park in Old Wethersfield. Starting at 5:00 pm, the event will include live music, DJ, activities for kids, food vendors and more. The fireworks show will begin at approximately 9:00 pm.

Free shuttle service will be provided from the Pitkin Community Center (30 Greenfield Street) to the Solomon Welles House. Shuttle bus service will run continuously from 5 pm to 10:30 pm.

For more information about the event please visit https://www.wethersfieldct.gov/317/Wethersfield-Fireworks or contact Wethersfield Parks and Recreation at (860) 721-2890 and/or via email at rec.activities@wethersfieldct.gov.

American Contemporary Dances

May 8th, 7:00pm & May 9th, 2:00pm. American Contemporary Dances

PERFORMANCE | Premiere

Something new is happening at WDS! This May, the Webb Deane Stevens Museum presents its first commissioned dance performance — an evening of contemporary dance in-the-round by The Hartford Dance Collective.

Rooted in themes of empowerment and inspired by America’s 250th anniversary, these works bring women’s voices into a space where questions of identity, purpose, and collective future have always lived.

Member Ticket Pre-sale Begins Feb 20th – 27th!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/performance-american-contemporary-dances-tickets-260240

American Contemporary Dances

May 8th, 7:00pm & May 9th, 2:00pm. American Contemporary Dances

PERFORMANCE | Premiere

Something new is happening at WDS! This May, the Webb Deane Stevens Museum presents its first commissioned dance performance — an evening of contemporary dance in-the-round by The Hartford Dance Collective.

Rooted in themes of empowerment and inspired by America’s 250th anniversary, these works bring women’s voices into a space where questions of identity, purpose, and collective future have always lived.

Member Ticket Pre-sale Begins Feb 20th – 27th!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/performance-american-contemporary-dances-tickets-260240

America’s Tapestry: Commemorating the Revolution Through Fiber Arts

April 9th, 7:00pm. America’s Tapestry: Commemorating the Revolution Through Fiber Arts

LECTURE | With Stefan Romero

Discover the extraordinary America’s Tapestry project—a nationwide initiative creating hand-stitched panels commemorating the American Revolution, with each state contributing its own unique narrative in thread.

Stefan Romero shares the inspiring story of how this project came to be and explores the centuries-long tradition of using fiber arts to preserve collective memory. From the Bayeux Tapestry to modern commemorative quilts, learn how needle and thread have documented our most pivotal moments.

For tickets or more information: https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-america-s-tapestry-fiber-arts-the-tickets-259326

Feuding Founders Collective

May 16th, 10:00am – 3:00pm. Feuding Founders Collective: The Untold Drama of Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lees of Virginia

Three sites. Three perspectives. Three stories of imperfect men trying to build something that had never existed before.

They were allies and rivals. Collaborators and critics. Sometimes all at once. This spring, the Feuding Founders Collective launches at WDS — a multi-site series that strips the marble off the men who built the republic and asks what their struggles with polarization, loyalty, and public reputation can teach us about our own. Wethersfield kicks things off May 16, with events at partner sites in New York and Virginia to follow. Stay tuned.

Tickets on sale March 2026. Learn more: https://wdsmuseum.org/event/feuding-founders-collective/

Wethersfield 250 Jubilee

May 23rd, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Wethersfield 250 Jubilee: Revolutionary War Encampment & Traditional Trades Fair

With the 5th Connecticut Regiment & Traditional Trades Artisans

Webb Deane Stevens beloved Revolutionary War Encampment joins forces with the Traditional Trades Fair for a free, family-friendly day marking America’s 250th on the museum grounds.

Watch the 5th Connecticut Regiment drill and skirmish, chat with a camp surgeon about his gruesome profession, and see skilled artisans demonstrate the timber framing, weaving, and carpentry that built the nation and keep our oldest buildings standing. Hands-on workshops, Colonial games, delicious food, and a vendor market with local crafts, demonstrations and gifts all day.

The free festivities will begin on the Museum grounds immediately following the Town of Wethersfield Memorial Day Parade.

10:00am – 4:00pm. Demonstrations throughout the day will include*:

10:30am Musket and drill demonstration

11:00am Children’s wooden musket drill

11:30am Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”

12:00pm Midday nooning

1:00pm Demonstrations of 18th-Century battle tactics, including musket firing and bayonet practice

2:00pm Canon firing demonstration

2:30pm Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”

4:00pm Camp Closes

*Schedule and demonstrations subject to change.

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