Taftville is an important New England mill village, established during the Industrial Revolution and home to Ponemah Mills - once one of the largest cotton mills in the world. Visit the village and mill property, learn about plans for its preservation and reuse, and learn about the labor struggles that transformed this village to a French-Canadian enclave. Note: entry into the Ponemah Mills buildings may not be possible due to interior development progress. This walk coincides with the Taftville Fire Co.#2 100th Anniversary and the 134th Annual Connecticut State Firefighters Association (CSFA) Convention and Parade hosted in Taftville. This is a three (3) day event, from September 15-17, 2017, culminating in one of the largest parades in Taftville/Norwich’s history on Sunday, September 17, 2017.

This 9/11 Memorial Trailer has artifacts from Ground Zero in New York on that fateful day in 2001. It was dedicated in the Memory of FDNY member Stephen Siller who lost his life running through the Battery Tunnels in New York to the World Trade Center. The exhibit wil be manned by FDNY Members who we at the scene of the disaster and will be able to shed light on a lot of the exhibits in the trailer. This exhibit has only been in CT once before and this is the first time it will be in Eastern CT. and opens to over 1000 square feet. It is free of charge to go through, thanks to the Taftville Fire Department for paying the fee's to have it in Norwich.