LECTURE BY JOHN PFEIFFER AT 6PM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Lyme’s Native American Fighters of the Revolution
The indigenous Nehantic people who lived in Lyme long before European settlement were exceptional warriors who joined the Patriot cause during the American Revolution. Nehantics served at Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, and Saratoga. They sailed on the Essex-built warship Oliver Cromwell, were at the retreat of New York, and imprisoned on the death ships at Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn. Nehantic men gave their lives for American freedom, but over the past 250 years their names, sacrifice, and contributions to America were forgotten. The 250th celebration will be the start of their remembrance.
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2026-2027 Board of Trustees
Front row: Ross W. Higgins, Dawn McCarthy, Eleanor Hufford, Nancy Mol, Priya Mattam, and James Meehan. Middle row seated: Jaymie Nickerson-Buckmaster, Recording Secretary, Ann Marie Jewett, Treasurer & Corresponding Secretary, and Michaelle Pearson, Co-Chair. Back Row: Leslie Rawlings Slezak, Ted Freeman, Keith Urbowicz, Mark Terwilliger, Co-Chair, Mary Ellen Jewett, Katie Balocca, Paul Loether, and Paula Melillo. Not shown: Reno Bolduc, Mary Dangremond, Kinny Kreiswirth, Mary Jo Nosel, Elaine Stiles. - Photo by Jim Meehan © 2026