Naugatuck honors its Civil War veterans with a monument on the town green. The monument, which we first visited in 2009, was dedicated in 1885. Its east face bears a dedication from the people of Naugatuck “In honor of her sons who fought to maintain the Union 1861-1865.” The monument in the right background of [...]
War veterans from the Stony Creek section of Branford are honored with monuments on a small green. The green, at the intersections of Halls Point, Sachem and Thimble Islands roads, features three monuments made from the pink granite for which Stony Creek is well known. The central monument features three Honor Roll plaques on its [...]
We first profiled the Soldiers’ Monument on the Guilford green in April of 2009, but last week we noticed that the monument is displaying a wreath for the holiday season. The base of the monument, made from pink granite that was quarried locally, was dedicated in 1877. The gray granite infantryman, supplied from a Massachusetts [...]
New Canaan honors its war veterans with several Honor Roll plaques in the lobby of Town Hall. On the east wall of the first floor hallway, a plaque honors New Canaan’s veterans of the American Revolution, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War. The American Revolution sections lists about 130 residents. The Mexican-American War section [...]
A brownstone monument in the Talcottville section of Vernon honors eight local residents who died during Civil War service. The monument, in Mount Hope Cemetery, was dedicated in 1869 and restored in 2008. The monument stands on a hill near the cemetery’s Elm Hill Road entrance. The base of the monument’s front (south) face bears [...]
Wilton honors its veterans with a group of monuments in a plaza dedicated in 2010. The Veterans Memorial Green, at the intersection of Center Street and Old Ridgefield Road, features granite columns of honors and benches. The site is dedicated to honor, “Wilton’s fallen heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in America’s wars.” The collection [...]
Burlington honors its war veterans and heroes with several monuments on the green at the intersection of Spielman Highway (Route 4) and George Washington Turnpike. At the western end of the green, a memorial honors Burlington’s Civil War and World War I veterans. On the western side of the monument, a bronze plaque includes a [...]
Waterford honors veterans of the nation’s wars with a collection of monuments in two local parks. Three monuments are featured in a small green in War Memorial Park on Rope Ferry Road (Route 156), near the intersection with Great Neck Road (Route 213). A bronze plaque on a 1975 monument honors local residents who served [...]
Coventry honors its Civil War veterans with a simple monument in Nathan Hale Cemetery. The undated Civil War monument, near the monument honoring Hale, features a 30-pounder Parrott Rifle mounted on a granite base. A dedication on the east face of the monument’s base reads, “Veterans, 1861-1865.” Next to the cannon is a triangular metal [...]
Ellington honors its veterans and war heroes with a pair of monuments on the town green. Veterans of World War I and earlier conflicts are honored with a granite monument, dedicated in 1926, near the intersection of Maple Street (Route 140) and Main Street (Route 286). A bronze marker on the monument’s east face bears [...]