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 […]