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On April 27, 1777, the war for American Independence came to the Keeler Tavern. After burning the storehouse of American supplies in Danbury, Connecticut, British General Tryon and his troops returned to Long Island Sound. To avoid encounters with colonial troops led by Generals Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Silliman and David Wooster, and suspecting patriots, including Timothy Keeler, were operating out of the Keeler Tavern's cellar, Tryon took a detour through Ridgefield. Fighting from behind a barricade on North Main Street, the patriots delayed, but did not defeat, the advancing British troops. After the battle Tryon marching south through Ridgefield, set up a cannon on Main Street and fired on the Keeler Tavern. A cannonball hit the building and still remains imbedded in a corner post. |
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