FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Museum and History Center will start its 2026 Spring Speaker Series this week, featuring a trio of historians discussing topics related to the American Revolution.

This Perspectives on Revolution series, aligned with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, aims to address the Revolution through new perspectives. The museum says the series “explores the era not as a single, unified story—but as a complex, contested, and transformative moment seen through many eyes.”

The first event in the series, “Remember Liss: A New American Founding Figure” will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8th. Claire Bellerjeau will discuss the life of an enslaved woman from New York whose son became George Washington’s lead spy in Manhattan during the American Revolution. Bellerjeau will also cover Liss’s struggles with liberty, including her escape with the British and subsequent re-enslavement.

The second lecture, “The Loyalist Legacy,” will occur at 1 p.m. on March 1st and explore the female Loyalist experience during the revolution. MaryKate Smolenski will discuss this topic by tracing the lives of several figures, including Mary Bowes Sayre and Miriam Treadwell Rideout of Fairfield.

The final event, “Battle of Ridgefield: Benedict Arnold, the Patriot Militia, & the Surprising 1777 Battle that Galvanized Revolutionary CT,” will occur at 1 p.m. on April 26th. Keith Marshall Jones III will share a comprehensive account of the battle and its aftermath, including its impact on Arnold’s career, the Battle of Saratoga, and Connecticut Loyalists.

Admission to each lecture is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. For more information, visit fairfieldhistory.org/america250.

Expanded coverage of Fairfield County cultural events is made possible with support from the Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts.