HVI: Vienna at 1775: A Social and Economic History Panel Discussion

Anne Stuntz, President, Historic Vienna, Inc. 

Moderator:  Chuck Anderson, Member, Vienna Town Council

Sponsored by the ViennaVA250 Committee, the panelists will talk about the environment, the people who lived here (and who didn’t!), the local economy, religion, and the courts. How many people were living within our modern boundaries on the eve 1776? Who were they? Where did they come from? What did they do and what did they believe?

This panel discussion will set the stage for a deeper understanding of the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence, and Vienna’s role in that remarkable era.What was the area we now call “Vienna” like on the eve of

the War for Independence? 

Period appropriate refreshments will be served.