Preston in Southeastern Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Preston Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

1. Preston Veterans Monument

Inscription. From This Town
Obedient to the Call of
Patriotism and Humanity
Went Forth
One Hundred and Fifty Men
As Soldiers in the Civil War
In Grateful Memory
Of Those Citizens of the Town of
Preston
Who Served Their Country in Arms
In the War for the
Preservation of the Union
Erected
In Token of Filial Gratitude and
of Affection for their Early Home
and to Commemorate
the Patriotic Devotion of
Friends & Neighbors of their youth
by
Charles and Lucius Brown
1898
This Monument
Marks the Dwelling Place of
General Samuel Mott
Eminent Citizen
Upright Magistrate
Soldier of the Revolution
Friend of Washington
Men Who Served in the
World War from the Town of Preston, 1914 – 1918. Capt. William Tarbox · Capt. Richard Blackmore · Capt. Harold A. Richmond · Lieut. Webster D. Copp · Lieut. William P. McClimon · Lieut. Calvin M. Richardson · Sergt. Walter S. Tarbox · Sergt. Gilbert E. Rogers · Sergt. Edwin H. Street · Sergt. Naopoleon Labrea · Corp. William H. Wicks · Lawrence Ahern · C.A. Bell · Charles A. Burdick · Leland Burdick · John Dunn · Oscar C. Ecclestone · Charles Fish · John C. Flynn · Joseph

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Grady · Frank Higgins · Leander Hill · Carl Jansen · John Jones · Clarence H. Luther · John P. Leahy · Everett D. Miller · Peter Mitchell · John Money · Servatus Maenaus · William Maloney · Niles Olesen · Arthur M. Ogden · Charles J. Partridge · Maurice E. Partridge · Homer Richard · Fred Rosese · Peter Stone · Victor Susigan · William A. Swan · Grant C. Swan · Warren Sisson · Robert Thompson · R.H. Underwood · Guy Underwood · Peter Van Zynck · Corenz Weise · Edwin F. Yerrington Erected by the citizens of the Town of Preston, 1921

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, World I.

Location. 41° 31.727′ N, 71° 58.468′ W. Monument is in Preston in Southeastern Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of Jewitt City Road (Connecticut Route 164) and Old Shetucket Turnpike, on the left when traveling south on Jewitt City Road. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Preston CT 06365, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

in Greater New London

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

2. Preston Veterans Monument

and in the Thames River Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 New London County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gen. Samuel Mott’s Home (a few steps from this marker); Downer-Doane Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Preston (approx. ¼ mile away); Welcome to the Hallville Fishway (approx. 3.9 miles away); Griswold (approx. 4.2 miles away); Miantonimo (approx. 4.2 miles away); Revolutionary Soldiers of Ancient Pachaug (approx. 4.4 miles away); William A. Buckingham House (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Preston.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

3. Preston Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

4. Preston Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

5. Preston Veterans Monument

World War I Plaque

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019

6. Preston Veterans Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 477 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.