The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in South Norwalk stands in a small park near the intersection of West Washington Street and Martin Luther King Drive.
The granite monument, dedicated in 1900, depicts a caped infantry soldier, facing southeast, who is holding the barrel of a rifle. He stands atop a round column engraved with a dedication reading “Erected by the Grand Army of the Republic and the citizens of South Norwalk in memory of her loyal sons 1861-1865.”
The back of the column is stamped with the dedication date of October 20, 1900. The monument sits on a four-sided base, with each face bearing the symbol for a Civil War military specialty: infantry, cavalry, artillery and the navy.
Shrubbery lines the walkway leading to the monument from Martin Luther King Drive.
A copper box in the monument has a list naming schoolchildren who contributed to the monument’s fundraising effort.
(The images for this post were taken in early March, when snow covered a lot of Connecticut.)
Source:
Connecticut Historical Society: Civil War Monuments of Connecticut
Tags: Norwalk