The Civil War monument in the Kensington section of Berlin, CT, is the oldest permanent Civil War monument in the United States.
A brownstone obelisk in the Kensington section of Berlin may be the first Civil War monument erected in the United States. The monument was dedicated July 28, 1863 –- less than a month after the Battle of Gettysburg and 20 months before Lee’s army surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The front (northeast) face of […]