Lebanon (/ˈlɛbənən/ LEB-ən-ən) is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

[2] Lebanon was originally inhabited by the Mohegan people, an Algonquian-speaking tribe in the upper Thames River Valley in eastern Connecticut.

[3] Lebanon was settled by colonists from Norwich who wanted to expand beyond the nine square miles that they had bought from Mohegan sachem Uncas.

James Fitch, minister of Norwich, adjacent to Maj. Mason's land which was now known as Cedar Swamp.

The Mohegans conferred their blessing on the grants by giving an additional 7-mile (11 km) strip to Maj. Mason's son in 1675, who split the land with the Rev.

He served as one of George Washington's chief quartermasters, convening a Council of Safety to manage the affairs of the Continental Army.

[9] He was also paymaster general for the Northern Department of the Continental Army, and the first comptroller of the young nation's treasury during the war.

French duc de Lauzun's Legion of Horse encamped in Lebanon from November 1780 to June 21, 1781.

[10] The legion became infamous later for disorderliness, dueling, and pillaging, but they were generally well behaved in Lebanon.

Lauzun remarked later in his memoirs, "Siberia alone can furnish any idea of Lebanon, which consists of a few huts scattered among vast forests.

"[10] The importance of the Trumbull family and of Lebanon itself to the war effort earned the town the nickname "Heartbeat of the Revolution.

Political troubles in Russia and the onset of the First World War encouraged many to flee to America.

The town offered similar terrain and fertile farming ground, and 12 families of Karlswalde had moved to the Lebanon neighborhood by 1928.

Many of these families are still present and active in Lebanon today and have been a major influence on the town's culture.

The town has large agricultural and service sectors, the largest employers being farms and the school system.

The town is still centered around the Green which is the site of many of Lebanon's most prominent past citizens' homes, including Gov.