STOCKBRIDGE — In a town that takes its local history seriously as one of the county’s first settlements, elaborate plans are shaping up for yearlong events marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives is taking the lead working closely with Stockbridge 250th, the planning committee headed by Select Board member Jorja Marsden, a former town administrator.

For the kickoff event on Jan. 24, “Stockbridge 250: A Day in Revolutionary Stockbridge, 1775-1783,” Mass Humanities has awarded the town’s library association a $5,000 grant to support a full day of historical interpretation and education.

Funds from Mass Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will cover travel, accommodation and stipends for two members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, the town’s first settlers, for a presentation on the role their ancestors played in the Revolution and the importance of military service in their community.

Focusing on the role of Stockbridge and the Berkshires in the early stages of the American Revolution, the day includes presentations by costumed educators from Fort Ticonderoga on Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery en route from the upstate New York site through Berkshire County and points east to supply Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army battling for independence from British rule.

That presentation includes a nonfiring full-sized reproduction cannon and two oxen.

The Mission House in Stockbridge is a Colonial-era house and museum owned by The Trustees of Reservations. The National Historic Landmark tells the story of the Stockbridge Mohicans and missionary John Sergeant. The site will host several events during a full-day Declaration of Independence anniversary celebration in Stockbridge.

The event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. also includes historical interpreters portraying local townsfolk of the era; conversations with reenactors; a tavern set-up at the fireplace-lit Mission House; discussions on the historic role of taverns in public life and political discourse; and an overview of life in the Continental Army and on the home front during the American Revolution.

Activities will stretch along Main Street from the Town Offices to the Mission House, according to an announcement from the library.

The library’s event schedule also includes:

• A quartermaster’s tent displaying items the Continental Army requisitioned from townspeople;

• A presentation on 18th century foraging and food by local historian Dennis Picard;

• Tutorials outside the library in skirting and felting with several Lincoln Longwool sheep from Prado del Lana Sheep Farm & Wool Shoppe on Prospect Hill Road.

• An exhibit of 18th century artifacts from the library’s museum and archival collections, and from the Bidwell House historical museum in Monterey. The post-and-beam Georgian saltbox was built around 1760 for the first minister of what was then the frontier region’s Township No. 1, including Tyringham.

In addition to Mass Humanities funding, the library is partnering with the Trustees of Reservations, Bidwell House and the Berkshire Historical Society with support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.

At the Stockbridge 250th Committee’s meeting earlier this month, Talya Leodari, curator of the library’s museum and archives, said event planning and fundraising for grants to support yearlong events has been ongoing for nearly a year.

The committee is exploring events such as a full-day 25th Continental Regiment reenactment and a block party.

A complete online calendar of activities as well as a “passport” booklet listing a full year of events also is in the works. The Norman Rockwell Museum and Chesterwood also are planning anniversary activities for later in the year.