Winchester honors its Civil War veterans with a magnificent 64-foot medieval tower on a hill overlooking the town. The Winchester Soldiers’ Monument, dedicated in 1890, is the largest feature in a Crown Street park. The monument features a corner tower topped by an eight-foot bronze standard-bearer. A granite archway along Crown Street, in the Winsted […]
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Keene, N.H., honors its Civil War veterans with an 1871 monument at the southern end of the town’s Central Square. The monument features a bronze infantry soldier standing atop a granite base. A dedication plaque on the monument’s front (south) face reads, “Keene will cherish in perpetual honor the memory of her sons who fought […]
A 35-foot monument topped by a standard-bearer stands at the highest point of Stratford’s Academy Hill. The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, dedicated in 1889, is unique in Connecticut because it was cast from zinc, a material that was marketed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as “white bronze.” A dedication on the front (west) […]
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A 1904 granite monument in Seymour’s French Memorial Park honors the town’s Civil War heroes. The Soldiers’ Monument, whose design is based on a monument dating back to ancient Athens, features a granite infantry soldier standing atop a domed shaft supported by six pillars. A dedication on the front (south) face reads, “This monument is […]
A tall granite obelisk topped by an infantry soldier honors the service of Meriden’s Civil War heroes. The monument, outside City Hall at the triangular intersection of East Main Street (Rte. 66) and Liberty Street, was dedicated in 1873. A dedication at the base of the front (west) face reads, “To the memory of our […]
Brattleboro, Vt., honors local Civil War heroes with a monument featuring a bronze infantry soldier atop a two-staged granite pillar. The monument, near the intersection of Route 30 (Linden Street) and Park Place, was dedicated in 1887. A plaque on the front (south) face reads “This monument commemorates the loyalty of the men or Brattleboro […]
The Town of Orleans, Mass., honors its Civil War veterans with two monuments along Main Street. At the corner of Main Street and Monument Road stands an 1883 monument depicting an infantry officer standing atop a granite base. While the monument’s appearance resembles many traditional Civil War monuments, the Orleans monument is uncommon because the […]
Naugatuck’s World War Monument is located on Meadow Street, northwest of the Soliders’ Monument in the center of the Town Green. The monument, which was dedicated in 1921, features a large marble rectangular flagpole base that sits in a small park next to Salem School. The front (or east) face of the monument bears the […]
McLevy Hall in downtown Bridgeport, which traces its roots to 1854, once featured a hall that hosted a speech by then-Senator Abraham Lincoln on March 10, 1860. McLevy Hall, near the corner of State and Broad streets downtown, was originally built to serve as the Fairfield County Courthouse. Portions of the building contained offices for […]