the park to the town is also important in that it will put more than 1,200 residents within a 10-minute-walk to the property. Events The Northwest Park Country Fair is held every fall. The Shad Derby Festival is held every spring in the town center. Carol sing and torchlight parade mark the holiday season Entertainment Keney Park Golf Club The Troy Donahue movie Parrish was filmed on Windsor's tobacco "plantations" in 1961. The movie Academy Boyz was shot at Loomis Chaffee in 1997. A scene in the movie War of the Worlds was shot along the Farmington River. Religion Sanctuary of Faith and Glory Church Hopewell Baptist Church Truth & Freedom Ministry (Home Church) Pilgrim Way Baptist Church Grace Baptist Church Greater St. Paul's Baptist Church of Deliverance Saint Gabriel's Church, Roman Catholic Saint Gertrude's Church, Roman Catholic Saint Joseph's Church, Roman Catholic The First Church in Windsor, United Church of Christ Poquonock Community Church, Congregational Wilson Congregational Church, United Church of Christ Holy Zion Church of the Jubilee Mount Carmel Christian Ministries Faith Community Church Grace Episcopal Church Archer Memorial AME Zion Church Trinity United Methodist Church Christ the King Lutheran Church Congregation Beth Ahm, Jewish Oasis Christian Church of Connecticut Tohrah Judea Connecticut Valley Church of Christ Praise Power & Prayer Christian Temple Islamic Center of Connecticut International Gospel Fellowship Notable people Al Anderson, guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his 20-year stint in NRBQ Christopher Isaiah Baker(born 1987), nicknamed "Swaggy", is an American football defensive tackle Moe Drabowsky (1935–2006), Polish-born Major League Baseball pitcher, raised in Wilson, schooled at Loomis Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States, a drafter of the Constitution and American founding father, was born in Windsor Roger Enos, veteran of the French and Indian War and American Revolution who commanded the Vermont Militia in the later stages of the American Revolution John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat, held several patents, operator of the US's first steamboat line Edith Julia Griswold (1863-1926), lawyer and patent expert General William Hayden, Connecticut Adjutant General 1835–1836 Mike Joy (born 1949), TV sports announcer, voice of FOX Sports' NASCAR TV coverage, served four elected terms on the Windsor Town Council Evelyn Beatrice Longman, first woman sculptor to be elected a full member of the National Academy of Design Lancelot Phelps (1784–1866), congressman from Connecticut William Phelps (1593–1672), woodworker, judge, civil servant Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832–1887),