Ledyard Center in New London County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Ledyard
The first village, Gales Ferry (1740), sheltered blockaded Commodore Decatur from British attack during the War of 1812. For nearly one hundred years (1878-1975) Yale and Harvard crews have trained there for their annual four-mile race along the Thames.
Ledyard was the birthplace of Silas Deane (1737 - 1789) – envoy to France during the Revolution. Samuel Seabury (1729 - 1796) – first Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut. Jonathan Whipple (1794 - 1875) and Zerah Whipple (1849 - 1879) – Quakers, founders of the Whipple Home School for Deaf Mutes, now the Mystic Oral School.
Erected 1976 by Town of Ledyard, Ledyard Historical Society, and the Connecticut Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is September 6, 1781.
Location. 41° 26.47′ N, 72° 0.99′ W. Marker is in Ledyard, Connecticut, in New London County. It is in Ledyard Center. Marker is at the intersection of Colonel Ledyard Hwy. (Connecticut Route 117) and Center Groton Road, on the left when traveling south on Colonel Ledyard Hwy.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ledyard CT 06339, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ledyard Veterans Memorials (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ledyard World War I Monument (about 400 feet away); Samuel Seabury (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gurdon Bill’s Station (approx. 1.2 miles away); 2nd District School (approx. 3.6 miles away); Welcome to the Hallville Fishway (approx. 3.8 miles away); Mystic Bank (approx. 4.6 miles away); Montville (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ledyard.
Regarding Ledyard. The Mystic Education Center, formerly the Mystic Oral School, originally the Whipple School for the Deaf, moved from Ledyard to Mystic in 1872. It closed in 1980.
Also see . . .
1. Town of Ledyard, Connecticut. (Submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Ledyard, Connecticut on Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
3. Quakertown Online - Mystic Oral School. (Submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
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