BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:British burn Norwalk\, Connecticut UID:2008-05-02-02-47-33-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=7;BYMONTHDAY=11 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250711 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250712 DTSTAMP:20260609T235926 CATEGORIES:Revolution Era LOCATION:Norwalk\, Connecticut GEO:41.117744;-73.4081575 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

On July 11, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, British forces burned the town of Norwalk , Connecticut. Led by General William Tryon, the attack was part of a seri es of coastal raids aimed at punishing Patriot strongholds and disrupting support for the war. The British and Loyalist troops destroyed homes, chur ches, and warehouses, leaving most of Norwalk in ruins. Like the earlier b urning of Fairfield and New Haven, the destruction of Norwalk outraged Ame rican colonists and strengthened their determination to resist British rul e.

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DESCRIPTION:On July 11\, 1779\, during the American Revolutionary War\, Bri tish forces burned the town of Norwalk\, Connecticut. Led by General Willi am Tryon\, the attack was part of a series of coastal raids aimed at punis hing Patriot strongholds and disrupting support for the war. The British a nd Loyalist troops destroyed homes\, churches\, and warehouses\, leaving m ost of Norwalk in ruins. Like the earlier burning of Fairfield and New Hav en\, the destruction of Norwalk outraged American colonists and strengthen ed their determination to resist British rule.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6557-british- burn-norwalk-connecticut?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR