Religious Freedom Day Saturday, January 16
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY PROCLAIMED AND REAFFIRMED Religious Freedom Day, commemorating the enactment on January 16, 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, authored by Thomas Jefferson, is being proclaimed by executive leaders of Connecticut jurisdictions -- Harry W. Rilling, Mayor of Norwalk; Brenda L. Kupchick, First Selectwoman of Fairfield; and David R. Martin, [...]