Cheshire Village in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom”

Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

1. The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” Marker

Inscription. The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom”
Dedicated May 26, 1996

Alfred C. Adinolfi, U.S. Air Force, Chairman and Town Councilman
S. Kenneth Baril, U.S. Army • Harold Mosher, U.S. Army • John White, U.S. Navy • Henry E. Carson, U.S. Army • Lori Rusnack, Parks and Recreation Commissioner • Thomas Williams, U.S. Air Force

Robert Coccolini, Parks and Recreation Director • Sandra Mouris, Mayor • Kevin Simmons, Parks and Recreation Staff • Monument Design: Jerry Lloyd Lodynsky

Erected 1996.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, Vietnam. A significant historical date for this entry is May 26, 1876.

Location. 41° 29.315′ N, 72° 54.27′ W. Marker is in Cheshire in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut. It is in Cheshire Village. It can be reached from South Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) 0.1 miles south of Chipman Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cheshire CT 06410, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Connecticut River Valley,

on the Connecticut Shoreline,

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and in Greater New Haven.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven 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: "Stepping Stone" (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cheshire Revolutionary War Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cheshire World War I Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Town of Cheshire Memorial Plaza (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cheshire Civil War Monument (approx. 0.7 miles away); First Church Of Cheshire (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cheshire (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lock 12 (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheshire.

Also see . . . Medal of Honor Recipients Who Were Born In Vermont. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on November 21, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Medal of Honor Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

2. Medal of Honor Monument

Monument [ front ] image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

3. Monument [ front ]

The American Revolution
War of 1812
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Gulf War

Remembering
The Many Sacrifices That
Preserved Our Freedom

Monument [ top] image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

4. Monument [ top]

Residents of Cheshire
Heroes of the United States

Medal of Honor Recipient
1st Lieutanant Harvey C. Barnum, Jr.
U.S. Marines
Vietnam

Medal of Honor
Recipient
Sgt. Eri D. Woodbury
1st Vermont
Cavalry
Civil War

Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

5. Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom”

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,772 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 14, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.