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Essex Veterans Monument

 
 
Essex Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 28, 2016
1. Essex Veterans Monument
Inscription.
Yesterday, Today And Forever
We Remember All
Who Served Our Country
In The Cause Of Liberty
Dedicated November 11, 1987
Essex Veterans Memorial Hall

 
Erected 1987.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 21.148′ N, 72° 24.994′ W. Monument is in Essex in Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Connecticut. It is in Centerbrook. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 602) and Deep River Road ( Route 154), on the left when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 12 Westbrook Road, Centerbrook CT 06409, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Connecticut River Valley and on the Connecticut Shoreline. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Middlesex County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Essex Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Early Essex Village (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hills Academy (approx. 1.3 miles away); Essex Square (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ivoryton (approx. 1.3 miles away); Essex (approx. 1.4 miles away); Warship Oliver Cromwell (approx. 1.6 miles away); It Happened Here! (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Essex.
 
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Essex Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 28, 2016
2. Essex Veterans Monument
Essex Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 28, 2016
3. Essex Veterans Monument
Essex Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 28, 2016
4. Essex Veterans Monument
Artifacts from Ernest W. Cook, Jr. USMC World War II and later Brigadier General, U.S. Army National Guard, retired in 1979.
Essex Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 28, 2016
5. Essex Veterans Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 6, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jun. 10, 2026