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Lordship Is Rich In Fascinating History!
Town leader and Lordship resident Donald S. Sammis protected the Lordship Bluffs for many years - even personally paying the land's taxes.
Richard Diedrichsen, on the Lordship Bluffs.
The Stratford town park by Lordship's Seawall has been named in honor of Donald S. Sammis - a town leader, visionary, and for many years, protector of the Lordship Bluffs.
Richard P. Diedrichsen passed away on January 29, 2025, and Stratford’s Lordship community and residents fondly remember him as "Mr. Lordship" - a visionary leader, tireless and inspirational volunteer, Renaissance man of many interests, and smiling friend to all.
The Lordship Improvement Association (LIA), which Rich guided for many years, invited the community to share memories of their friend, and those stories follow from the LIA, Lordship Historian Tom Halverson, Christine Kochefko Higgins and family, and Christine Griffin ...
In 1924, 25 Lordship residents who were "disgusted with the washboard road between Lordship and Bridgeport," met at the Lordship Firehouse on May 14 to create the Lordship Improvement Association (LIA) to do something about it.
Thus began a legacy of the LIA shaping Lordship into the seaside community we love today. Lordship Historian Tom Halverson recounts those early years.
Learn how the LIA shaped Lordship.
Celebrating LIA's 100th Anniversary!
The Lordship Improvement Association’s 100th Anniversary Celebration on a warm but pleasantly breezy June 23, 2024 became a bit of history itself, as the LIA welcomed hundreds of Lordship residents to a party on the Lordship Bluffs, thanking all for their continuing financial and volunteer support.
LIA's 2022 'History Story' Calendar
The 2022 'Lordship History Story' Calendar from the Lordship Improvement Association (LIA) is a fascinating review of Lordship from the earliest days to early settlers, our iconic lighthouse, residential development, beaches, trolleys! the Seawall, Fire Company #3, churches and early businesses.
This calendar is a Lordship collector's item, and individual copies may be ordered now with a request to LordshipIA@gmail.com.