Community Organizations
Darien Daughters of the American Revolution and Prospective Members to Tour Mather Homestead Oct 15
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Darien’s Good Wife’s River Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will tour Darien’s Mather Homestead on Monday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Members and prospects are invited to attend and afterwards to enjoy lunch together at a local restaurant. — an announcement from the Darien Good Wife’s Chapter of the DAR
The Mather Homestead at 19 Stephen Mather Road was built in 1778 by Joseph Mather, the son of Rev. Moses Mather, an outspoken Patriot and a graduate of Yale Divinity School. During the Revolutionary War, the Mather Homestead was considered a “safe house,” where Patriots could store their valuables.