Dublin Historical Society’s 2026 Summer Exhibition will focus on Dublin’s role during the Revolutionary War period. This exhibit will highlight what we know about the Town of Dublin during the Revolutionary period of 1770’s to 1780’s. Some interesting town records survived and will be displayed along with transcriptions of the documents. The information about the town during that period includes the men who served and information on the Revolutionary War soldiers who are buried in Dublin Cemetery. During the War for Independence 65 men from Dublin- more than 20 percent of the town’s population of 305- put their lives on the line for the sake of a set of ideals that would come to embody a nation yet to be born.

The tax lists and census records show that there was growth of the population in Dublin and neighboring towns before, during and immediately after the revolutionary period. Life was difficult and if hard times were insurmountable, people would move elsewhere. What did they eat? What happened to the women who were left behind when their husbands went off to fight?