Milford Preservation Trust Event at Gulf Beach

Milford Preservation Trust will light luminaries at Gulf Beach and at Milford Cemetery on Dec. 31 at 4:30 p.m. in an annual ceremony that honors the 200 Revolutionary War soldiers put ashore in Milford Harbor in 1777.

 According to the Trust, the men were put ashore in Milford harbor because they were sick and dying; in fact, 46 of these Revolutionary War soldiers (all imprisoned by the British following New York battles) as well as Capt. Stephen Stow, who cared for them, died of smallpox.  The monument in Milford Cemetery commemorates the event.  The soldiers are believed to be buried nearby in a mass grave.

The public is invited to attend and participate, in period dress costume if desired.  The ceremony will begin at Gulf Beach at 4:30 and then proceed to the cemetery.

For more information, contact Regina Cahill, president of the Milford Preservation Trust, at 203-877-7620.