Along with monuments, we’ve long enjoyed collecting postcards and the glimpses they offer of Connecticut’s landmarks and history. Vintage postcards can show us how places, cars and fashions have changed over the years, as well as how many places have stayed the same. Rather than letting these images sit (more or less sorted) in boxes, […]
Greenwich honors the escape of Gen. Israel Putnam from British forces during the American Revolution with a monument on East Putnam Avenue (Route 1).
Greenwich honors its founders with a monument on East Putnam Avenue (Route 1). The monument, near the intersection of East Putnam Avenue and Maple Avenue, was dedicated in 1935 by the Daughters of the American Colonists to honor the town’s first English settlers. The monument features a bronze plaque attached to the southern face of […]
Bozrah honors its World War I veterans with a monument dedicated in 1938.
New Hartford honors its Civil War veterans with a 24-foot-tall monument in the southwest corner of Village Cemetery.
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Winchester honors veterans of the Civil War, World War I and other conflicts with several monuments in Forest View Cemetery. The Non-Repatriated Soldiers’ Monument, in the Winsted section of Winchester, was dedicated in 1900 to honor local Civil War heroes buried on distant battlefields. The dark granite monument, topped with a polished sphere, stands at the […]
The 1904 Soldiers’ Monument in the Winsted section of Winchester stands at the south end of East End Park, near the green’s intersection with Main Street (Route 44) The 27-foot monument features an infantryman standing atop a large granite shaft. A dedication on the monument’s front (south) face reads, “For the dead, a tribute. For […]
Veterans of the Civil War and later conflicts are honored with monuments on the green in Norfolk. The 1868 Soldiers’ Monument, one of the earliest tributes to Civil War veterans in Connecticut, is a tall granite obelisk similar to monuments in Plymouth, North Branford and other monuments dedicated in the late 1860s. The Norfolk monument […]
Norfolk honors its World War I veterans and heroes with a triangular monument featuring a replica of the Liberty Bell. The monument, dedicated on Armistice Day in 1921, stands on Memorial Green at the intersection of North Street (Route 272) and Greenwoods Road (Route 44). The monument features three archways rising from a triangular base […]