Hearthside House Public Events

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST      BATTLE OF CHASE FARM

After several years of hosting the popular Civil War Re-enactments at Chase Farm Park, we’re turning back the calendar another hundred years to the year 1775. For the first time, re-enactors portraying

Revolutionary War soldiers will make an appearance at Chase Farm.   This will be a one-day event, including an expected 200 re-enactors portraying camp life, performing drills, and acting out different scenarios.  It is anticipated that this one-day event will grow into a weekend event in the future.

While Hearthside wasn’t around in 1775, there is a strong history within the house connected to the Revolutionary War.  A very famous ancestor of Arnold Talbot (owner of Hearthside 1904-1926) was Silas Talbot of Providence, his great, great grandfather.  Silas’ portrait hangs over the fireplace in Hearthside’s dining room as the patriarch of the Talbot family.  Silas Talbot was a courageous hero who distinguished himself as both an army colonel and as a highly successful naval captain during the American Revolution. Later in life he served as a Congressman from New York, and as a Commander of the U.S.S.Constitution.  We are most honored to help bring to life this important event in our country’s history and that of such a remarkable family member related to Hearthside.

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