New Canaan honors its war heroes with a large Celtic cross on an historic green. The Wayside Cross, at the intersection of Main and Park streets, stands on a corner of the triangular green, surrounded by three churches, known as “God’s Acre.” The Wayside Cross, dedicated in 1923, features allegorical scenes representing the American Revolution, […]
Connecticut honors Civil War veterans held in Confederate prisoner of war camps with a statue on the grounds of the state capitol.
Westport honors the veterans of the 20th Century Wars with a collection of monuments on a downtown green. Veteran’s Memorial Green, between Main Street and Myrtle Avenue, includes monuments honoring the service of local residents in the two World wars, Korea and Vietnam. The World War I monument features a bronze Doughboy atop a granite […]
Norwalk honors its Civil War veterans with a monument in Riverside Cemetery. The Soldiers’ Monument, dedicated in 1889, features a granite base in the middle of a plot reserved for local veterans. A dedication on the monument’s east face reads, “In honor of our dead comrades who fought to save the Union in the War […]
New Preston honors its Civil War veterans with a monument in New Preston Village Cemetery. The undated monument stands near the Baldwin Hill Road entrance to the cemetery, which is in the New Preston section of Washington. A dedication on the monument’s east face reads, “A memorial to the soldiers who served faithfully and honorably […]
The grave of American Revolution hero Col. William Ledyard is marked with a granite obelisk in the Groton cemetery that bears his name. The monument honoring Ledyard was erected in 1854 next to the original slate gravestone, which had been damaged by souvenir hunters following the colonel’s death during the 1781 Battle of Groton Heights […]
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Local residents killed and wounded during the American Revolution’s Battle of Groton Heights are honored with a large granite obelisk near the site of Fort Griswold. The Groton Battle Monument, dedicated in 1830, honors the more than 80 men killed defending the fort during a British raid on September 6, 1781. A dedication above the […]
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…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion… […]
American Revolution General Israel Putnam is honored with a statue in Hartford’s Bushnell Park. The Putnam statue, practically in the shadow of the state capitol building, was dedicated in 1874. The general is depicted, in uniform, cradling a sword in his left hand. Putnam is holding a three-cornered hat in his right hand. The monument’s […]
West Hartford honors its Civil War veterans with a simple memorial in the town’s North Cemetery. The Civil War monument, near the cemetery’s central driveway, resembles a large-scale version of the traditional Union veteran headstone shape. (In contrast to the rounded top seen on Union headstones, Confederate stones usually have a pointed top.) The West […]