Stockbridge 250 Committee Plans September History Event, Scrambles to Distribute Passports

LENOX — June 3, 2026 — Stockbridge 250th Anniversary Committee charts a possible September community history event with roughly $8,000 remaining in its budget. Meeting in hybrid format June 3, the committee reviewed sluggish circulation of its bicentennial passport booklets and agreed on a multi-front distribution push: passports will be placed at the Red Lion Inn front desk, Stockbridge Town Hall, and the Chamber of Commerce information booth, with one member volunteering to restock downtown businesses during daily foot patrols along Main Street. The Triplex Cinema is running the committee's promotional video but has not confirmed a passport-stamping event, as its anniversary film programming remains undecided. The committee's largest expenditure — a $12,000 sponsorship of the Rebel Town musical, whose Stockbridge Day falls July 15 — leaves approximately $8,000 for remaining programming, which members said is enough to fund a mid-September community gathering combining a history lecture focused on Stockbridge's Revolutionary War role, including the Stockbridge-Munsee soldiers, with refreshments from local vendors; the library's assistant curator, identified as Josh, was named as the likely content partner.