Join us on June 13th at 11am for the Bicentennial & Flag Day Commemoration!

In honor of Madison’s 200th anniversary of incorporation, the Madison Historical Society is pleased to host a Bicentennial & Flag Day Commemoration on June 13 at 11 am at its historic schoolhouse, Lee’s Academy. It will feature patriotic music by the Scranton Strummers, a Presentation of Colors by the American Legion and the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and a ceremonial flag raising by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The program will also include a reading by Madison’s poet laureate, Ed Lent, along with remarks from local and state dignitaries, followed by a ceremonial proclamation recognizing the historic occasion. The Scranton Strummers will conclude the ceremony with additional patriotic Selections. Following the ceremony, the public is invited inside the schoolhouse to the MHS’s Madison Center for History & Culture. There, they can enjoy light refreshments and view an exhibit of Revolutionary War artifacts, along with historical flags from the Society’s collection.

This event is free & open to the public. No registration is required.