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Enjoy these stories of Strafford’s people, places, past and present.
Strafford's Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
The 250th Anniversary Celebration of the Declaration of Independence held in the Strafford Town House at 4pm on July 4, 2026 will be a very special event that focus not only on the Declaration but on how those in Strafford Vermont have for the last 250 years struggled and sacrificed to have the ideals in the Declaration apply to all Americans.
Co-sponsored by the Strafford Lions Club and the Strafford Historical Society.
Vermont's Semiquincentennial
Strafford and Vermont will be celebrating the 250th anniversary (i.e., the semiquincentennial) of the Declaration of Independence, as will the other 13 original colonies, in 2026. However, because Vermont’s history diverged from the other 13 colonies when it chose to become an independent republic in 1777, it did not formally adopt the Constitution of the United States of America until 14 years later, in March 1791. So, while the original 13 states will officially celebrate their 250th anniversary as members of the United States in 2027, Vermont, the 14th state, will not actually celebrate its 250th anniversary, its semiquincentennial, as a state of the United States, until 2040.
The Little Tinsmith Shop
At the corner of the Morrill Highway and Old City Falls Road is a small detached building on what was for many years the property of Arthur and Selena Robinson. It now sits empty and a little forlorn adjacent to the recently renovated farmhouse nearby awaiting a new owner. Like most older buildings, this little building has stories to tell. Some 175 years ago, a small residential tinsmith shop here made maple syrup equipment and cans, sap buckets and skimmers and many other necessary household items.
The Robinson District
Once upon a time in one of the farthest reaches of Strafford, a meetinghouse to rival the Strafford Town House once stood. It had seating for 200 and a gilded dome on its steeple. Anyone traveling a little more than a century ago along Brook Road in Strafford (Faye Brook Road in Sharon), could not have missed it. It was the Robinson Meetinghouse in what is now known as the Robinson District adjacent to the four corners of Strafford, Sharon, Tunbridge, and Royalton.