‘Revolution in the Lymes’ Talk

Local historians Jim Lampos and Michaelle Pearson will explore how the Revolutionary War took root in the communities that now make up Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme and Salem.

Topics will include the tradition of local self-governance that flourished in Lyme, the opposition of Rev. Stephen Johnson to the Stamp Act in 1765 and a local protest in which residents burned 100 pounds of British tea near the town green. The program will also examine the community’s response to the outbreak of war in 1775, when Lyme residents were among the first to answer the alarm from Lexington.