The Cornwall green features monuments honoring the town’s war veterans and a 1989 tornado. Two granite monuments at the eastern edge of the green, near the corner of Pine Street and Bolton Hill Road, honor veterans of the nation’s 20th Century wars. The southern monument features bronze Honor Roll plaques listing Cornwall’s World War veterans. […]
Today, on the 146th anniversary of the conclusion of the Battle of Gettysburg, we look at a monument dedicated to Cornwall Hollow native Major General John Sedgwick, who fought at Gettysburg and was later killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (Va). Gen. Sedgwick, nicknamed “Uncle John” by his troops, is honored in his […]
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