Webb Deane Stevens Museum
211 Main Street
Wethersfield, Connecticut

Wethersfield was scheduled as a stop on Lafayette’s 1824 tour, but the General was delayed and opted to bypass the town to scurry back to New York City to attend his 67^th birthday celebration given by the Society of the Cincinnati. Two hundred years later, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Connecticut and the Webb Deane Stevens Museum, in partnership with the American Friends of Lafayette and the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut, will have the honor of celebrating Lafayette’s birthday in the historic barn at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and birthday cake. Lafayette himself will be there! Musical entertainment will be provided by Rick Spencer & Dawn Indermuehle.

2-4 pm Tours of the Historic Houses

4 pm Welcome address – Fife and Drum parade with Lafayette down the street to meet with Silas Deane

5-8 pm Toasts to Lafayette while enjoying cocktails, festive food, and a period music program.          

And BIRTHDAY CAKE!

This is a ticketed event with limited seating. For more information and tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/lafayette-birthday-party-tickets-175968 Note: to get preferred pricing, click through to the page to purchase the tickets, click on “Have a promotional code?” and enter Lafayette.

A Lafayette re-enactor and a Lafayette Exhibit, sponsored by the American Friends of Lafayette, will be present at this event.

For other events in Connecticut, visit www.lafayettecttrail.org