Niantic honors veterans of the 20th Century’s wars with two monuments on Liberty Green. Liberty Green, in the Niantic section of East Lyme, features a World War I Honor Roll as well as an undated memorial honoring veterans lost in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The World War Honor Roll bears a dedication reading, […]
Deep River honors veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam with honor rolls in a park. Veterans Memorial Green, at the intersection of Main Street (Route 154) and Essex Street, features an allegorical figure representing the United States and an honor roll listing Deep River residents who served in World War II. Panels added […]
Colchester honors the service of its Civil War veterans with an 1875 monument on the town green. The town’s Union monument stands near the northern end of the green, just south of where Main Street (Route 85) meets Hayward Avenue and Lebanon Avenue (Route 16). A dedication on the granite monument’s front (south) face reads, […]
Colchester remembers veterans of the 20th Century wars with three memorials at the northern end of the town green. Memorials near the intersection of Lebanon Avenue (Route 16) with Hayward Avenue and Broadway (Route 85) honor veterans of the two World Wars, Korea and Vietnam. Colchester’s World War monument features a bronze eagle atop a […]
The former store in which colonial governor Jonathan Trumbull held more than 1,100 planning meetings during the American Revolution stands on Lebanon’s green. Known today as the War Office, the building was built around 1727 as the Trumbull family store. The store, which has been moved three times, originally stood along Exeter Road (Route 207). […]
Lebanon honors its war veterans with several monuments on the green near the intersection of Exeter Road (Route 207) and Norwich-Hartford Turnpike (Route 87). Near the northern end of the green, in front of Town Hall, is a 1922 monument honoring veterans of five wars between the American Revolution and the First World War. The […]
Derby honors World War II veterans from its East Derby section with a monument at the corner of Main Street (Route 34) and Derby Avenue (Route 115). The undated monument and flagpole base, alongside the Naugatuck River and Route 8, features an engraved eagle and dedication on its front (western) face reading, “Dedicated to the […]
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Connecticut’s first cemetery for veterans was one of several in the state decorated as part of the Wreaths Across America project. The national project, which started in 1992 with the laying of 5,000 donated wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery, includes 46 cemeteries and war memorials in Connecticut. The veterans’ section in Darien’s Spring Grove Cemetery […]
Chester honors veterans of the conflicts after World War I with monuments in a small park at the intersection of Middlesex Turnpike (Route 154) and Railroad Avenue.
Preston honors service in the Civil War and World War I with a large monument on Jewett City Road (Route 164).