FARMINGTON – When Wilton Road residents attended the Red Schoolhouse, a white flagpole was attached to the front of the building. The flagpole was removed when the schoolhouse was moved to the Farmington Fairgrounds in 2006.

The flag has not flown since the schoolhouse moved, said Susan McCleery Small, who along with her mother, Edith McCleery, and Jean Mitchell, have assumed the responsibility of overseeing the school museum.

Alumni of the school have been invited to participate in a brief ceremony planned for noon Sunday at the fairgrounds, when the flag will be raised again. The public is welcome to attend.

After repainting and restoring the pole, members of Farmington Fire Rescue earlier this summer attached the pole to the building.

Some students who attended the school in the 1940s and ’50s have been invited to the flag-raising, she said. During those years, it was a primary school for kindergarten through grade 3.

The school dates back to 1852. It closed in 1958. A restoration project brought the Wilton and Farmington historical societies together in 1970 to restore the school to museum quality. They focused on the style of one-room schools from the 1800s and early 1900s, she said. The museum opened in 1971 and became a visiting center for the Chamber of Commerce.

This year, retired teachers Terry and Kathy Lynch have worked on a collection of glass slides donated by SAD 9 that predate film strips, she said. The slides carry a small script at the bottom like old filmstrips and include photos suitable for a world geography class. Small believed the glass slides must predate the 1940s.

A projector will be available for students to view the slides Monday when local schoolchildren attend the fair for Agriculture/Environmental Day.