Brooklyn in Windham County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Israel Putnam
Photographed By Alan M. Perrie, March 27, 2016
1. Israel Putnam Marker
In the field behind this stone after the close of the French and Indian Wars, returning from many expeditions to Ticonderoga, Fort Edward, Quebec, Montreal, Havana, Detroit, and New Orleans, lived Col. Israel Putnam.
Here with his wife (2nd) Mrs. Deborah (Avery Gardiner) Putnam, he dispensed a famous hospitality at the General Wolfe Tavern.
Near this spot also, April 20, 1775, Putnam received news of the Battle of Lexington. Leaving his plow in the furrow with his son Daniel, he rode one hundred miles in eighteen hours, reaching Cambridge the next day. There soon after he planned and on June 17, 1775, commanded at The Battle of Bunker Hill receiving thereafter from the Continental Congress by the hand of Washington the first commission of Major General (and the only one unanimously voted) which made him second in rank to his Chief.
Placed by the Town of Brooklyn and the Colonel Daniel Putnam Association Inc.
1918
The 200th anniversary of his birth
Patriot, remember the heritages received from your forefathers and predecessors, protect and perpetuate them for the future generations of your countrymen !
Erected 1918 by Town of Brooklyn and the Colonel Daniel Putnam Association Inc.
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Location. 41° 47.272′ N, 71° 56.97′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, Connecticut, in Windham County. Marker is at the intersection of Connecticut Route 169 and U.S. 6, on the right when traveling north on State Route 169. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brooklyn CT 06234, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Brooklyn (a few steps from this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Israel Putnam Monument (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Brooklyn Civil War Monument (about 700 feet away); Israel Putnam's First Home (approx. 2.7 miles away); Killingly (approx. 3.7 miles away); Killingly World War II Monument (approx. 3.8 miles away); Killingly Civil War Monument (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
Also see . . .
1. Israel Putnam. Wikipedia biography (Submitted on April 5, 2016, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut.)
2. Brooklyn, CT. Town website homepage (Submitted on April 5, 2016, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut.)
Photographed By Alan M. Perrie, March 27, 2016
2. Trinity Episcopal Church
The “Old Trinity Church” is located 3 miles north from the “New Trinity Church” built in 1866 as a Gothic revival stone church.
3. Trinity Church (Brooklyn, Connecticut). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on May 11, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
via Wikipedia, unknown
3. Major General Israel Putnam, during the American Revolutionary War
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2016, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 5, 2016, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut. 3. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
