Revolution in the Lymes - From the New Lights to the Sons of Liberty

Authors Jim Lampos and Michaelle Pearson explore the roots of the American Revolution in the Lymes, which started well before 1776 as a rebellion of ideas. From its origins in the Cromwellian Saybrook Colony, Lyme (today’s Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme and Salem) prospered under the free hand of self-governance and spurned King George III’s efforts to rein in the wayward colonies. In 1765, Reverend Stephen Johnson wrote incendiary missives against the Stamp Act. A few years later, the town hosted its own Tea Party, burning one hundred pounds of British tea near the town green. When the alarm came from Lexington in 1775, Lyme’s citizens were among the first to answer.

Refreshments will be served, and the authors will be available to sign copies of their book.