New Milford honors local veterans and war heroes with a collection of monuments along the town green. At the southern end of the New Milford green, a large monument honors all local veterans. The monument features a large carved eagle, and an inscription on its southern face reads, “In recognition of service rendered to our […]
A boulder on the village green in the Nichols section of Trumbull honors veterans of both World Wars. The boulder, not far from the green’s southwest tip and the intersection of Shelton Road and Huntington Turnpike (Route 108), features two undated plaques honoring local veterans. The World War I plaque, mounted on the front face […]
North Haven honors local veterans with a collection of monuments on the green across from its 1886 Memorial Town Hall. Near the southern end of the green, North Haven honors Civil War veterans with a 1905 monument that features an 1867 Rodman gun mounted on a stone base. A dedication on the base’s front (west) […]
New London honors Nathan Hale and veterans of recent wars with a trio of monuments in its Williams Park. The Nathan Hale statue near the center of the Broad Street park is a 1935 copy of an 1890 statue in New York’s City Hall Park. The statue features Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and Continental spy […]
Memorial plaques honoring Farrel Corp. employees who served in the World Wars were spared when the company’s Derby factories were demolished in 2000. The plaques now stand as part of a Main Street monument (near the corner of Water Street) built when the former Farrel site was replaced by a Home Depot. The western plaque […]
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An Ansonia neighborhood honors residents who have served in recent wars with a granite monument on a small hillside. The Woodbridge Avenue Honor Roll, near the intersection with Visselli Court (named after the first resident lost in World War II), is the latest version of a monument that started informally during the Second World War […]
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Fairfield honors local veterans with a large honor roll display on the town’s historic green. The honor roll features seven large panels with the names of local residents who served in the nation’s 20th century wars as well as on the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Starting at the far left, the Korea war […]
A battlefield cross and a large granite monument in the Centerbrook section of Essex honor local veterans. The Essex Veterans Memorial, located near the intersections of Main Street, Deep River Road and Westbrook Road, features a granite wall we’re estimating to be seven or eight feet high. The west face of the monument honors veterans […]
Old Saybrook honors its Civil War veterans with a simple monument in Riverside Cemetery. The undated monument stands in a small traffic island near the cemetery’s main entrance from Sheffield Street. A dedication on its front (south) face reads “In memory of our comrades who served in the war of the rebellion. Erected by the […]
A tall monument topped by an allegorical standard-bearer honors Newtown’s soldiers and sailors. The monument features three pillars rising from a base dominated by benches. A dedication on the west face of the monument’s base reads, “Newtown remembers with grateful prayers and solemn vows her sacred dead [and] her honored living who ventured all unto […]