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Historical Markers and War Memorials in New London County
New London is the county seat for New London County
Adjacent to New London County, Connecticut
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In 1789, when the new federal government needed a national source of revenue, Congress turned to the sea. They placed a tax on imports, created the Customs Service to collect it and established federal oversight for lighthouses to ensure safer . . . — — Map (db m48329) HM
Just as the early settlers recognized the fine qualities of the New London harbor, so did the US Government. At the end of the Civil War, the Federal Government accepted land in Groton and Ledyard, purchased by New London, for a new naval base. . . . — — Map (db m48326) HM
The United States Coast Guard Greenland Patrol
World War Two 1940 – 1945
The Greenland Patrol was the longest continuous operation of military forces of the United States during World War Two
Task force 24.8
Dedication from “Ice Brothers” – . . . — — Map (db m205545) HM WM
To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington
October 6, 1790
Mount Vernon Octr 6th 1790.
Sir,
Not being possessed of any commissions, I have to request (unless your farther enquiry should point to more proper characters) that you will . . . — — Map (db m205249) HM
To George Plater from George Washington May 14, 1789 Dear Sir, I foresaw the numerous applications which would be made for nominations to offices — and readily conceived that amidst the variety of candidates, it would be one of the most delicate . . . — — Map (db m205253) HM
To George Washington from Hopley Yeaton December 11, 1789
Sir, Permit an inferior Officer in rank, tho' not inferior in Affection for you in your high Sphere, or for my Country's welfare, amidst the great concerns of a happy Continent, who . . . — — Map (db m205251) HM
Captain Hopley Yeaton
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1740 — 1812
A Patriot of 1776
In the War of American Independence
Captain Yeaton was active with the
Sons Of Liberty
As an officer he served with distinction
in the Continental . . . — — Map (db m205823) HM WM
U.S. Coast Guard in Vietnam War, 1965 - 1973
They Died That Others Might Live in Peace
ENC Morris S. Beeson - LTJG David C. Brostrom - FN Heriberto S. Hernandez - LTJG Michael W. Kirkpatrick - ENI Michael H. Painter - EN2 Jerry Phillips - LT. . . . — — Map (db m205829) WM
Union Station was originally designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and built in 1885. Union Station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was saved, restored and adaptively reused through the efforts of: Union Railroad Station . . . — — Map (db m48645) HM
SM 1/c Douglas A. Munro
Medal of Honor
For Extraordinary Heroism and Conspicuous
Gallantry in Action Above and Beyond
The Call of Duty
“They gallantly gave up their lives
in defence of our country”
Alcorn, John, F1c · Barnhart, Edmund . . . — — Map (db m205247) WM
In Memory of the Officers and Men who served on the USCGC Mojave (W-47) on South Greenland Patrols
during World War II.
Dedicated 11 October 1996 — — Map (db m205867) WM
Gazebo Donated By USCGA Class of 1944
Fiftieth Reunion 1993
In Memory of Classmates Who Died in World War II
Charles Edward Johnson
Aircraft Missing • Aleutians
December 1, 1943.
Charles Webster Valaer
Lost USS Leopold (DE-319) . . . — — Map (db m205828) WM
Quasi-War with France
War of 1812
Seminole War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Desert Storm
United States
Coast Guard
Donated by
The Class of 1941
Fifthieth Reunion — 1991
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m205826) WM
Washington Parade
In Honor of
President George Washington
Who, on August 4, 1790, signed into Law
the Act establishing the Revenue Cutter Service
Known today as the U. S. Coast Guard.
The First Commission, dated March 21, 1791
Went to . . . — — Map (db m205489) HM
A "Well Done" to the officers and men
of the United States Coast Guard
Who served aboard the Patrol Frigates
During World War Two.
Their deeds are evidence of the best tradition
of the United States Coast Guard.
"Semper Paratus"
USS . . . — — Map (db m205245) WM
Whaling has been associated with the port of New London from its earliest days, but it wasn't until the early 1800s that large scale whaling endeavors took place as an alternative to the increasingly unprofitable West Indian trade. The period . . . — — Map (db m216867) HM
Human relationship with sea mammals has evolved through the past 300 years. Oil from whales and seals was exploited, yet essential to developing our industrial revolution in the 19th century. The wealth accumulated from whaling was invested in . . . — — Map (db m48186) HM
New London was a wealthy city in the mid-1800s, largely due to its success in whaling and other maritime ventures. Leading families displayed their wealth in opulent houses and furnishings, but many sought to bestow a more public legacy. They . . . — — Map (db m48363) HM
This scene features a replica 32-pound cannon that would have been employed here during the 1850s and 1860s. Thirty-two pound refers to the weight of the cannonballs used in this weapon. The soldiers are in the process of sponging the bore, . . . — — Map (db m48406) HM
This unusual structure was specifically designed to test submarine antennas in an environment that replicated conditions at sea. The roof contained a 93-by-66 foot concrete pool filled with seawater. The pool was six inches deep except for a well . . . — — Map (db m48380) HM
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in Massachusetts in April of 1775, more than a year before the thirteen colonies declared their independence. Connecticut needed fortifications to defend the colony from British attack, and in . . . — — Map (db m48280) HM
This sturdy granite building is the oldest surviving structure at Fort Trumbull State Park. At the urging of President George Washington, Congress authorized funds to fortify American seaports in 1794. A French engineer, Stephen Rochefontaine, . . . — — Map (db m48265) HM
In 1955, the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory (USN/USL, also known informally as the Sound Lab) here at Fort Trumbull began a study of the feasibility of long range, echo-ranging sonar. In 1956, "Bottom-bounce echo-ranging active sonar" was . . . — — Map (db m227247) HM
Ironically, the Third System forts, built to protect the U.S. coastline from foreign aggression, were never fired on by another country, but some were attacked by American rebel forces. The Civil War started in April of 1861 when Confederate cannon . . . — — Map (db m48313) HM
The Revenue Cutter Service, the federal bureau that enforced treaties and tariffs on the seas and inland waterways, established its officer training school at Fort Trumbull in 1910. Fort Trumbull offered easy access to Long Island Sound, which was . . . — — Map (db m48386) HM
World War II ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany and Japan, but it was an uneasy peace that followed. Although the U.S.S.R. had been America’s ally during the war, after the war, the Soviet Union asserted control over eastern Europe, . . . — — Map (db m48405) HM
The fort you are now in has had continuous military occupation since its erection in 1852. the latest occupant, the United States Navy, used the facilities from 1941 and 1997. When the fort was turned over to the Connecticut Department of . . . — — Map (db m48358) HM
This five-sided fort was built between 1839 and 1852 to protect New London Harbor as part of a broad system of coastal fortification undertaken by the federal government. This is the third Fort Trumbull built on this promontory, which was known as . . . — — Map (db m48253) HM
Place of Defense Overlooking the mouth of the Thames River, Fort Trumbull marks the southern end of a series of defense-related sites. These include the Naval Submarine Base New London, Fort Griswold, the U.S. Coast Guard Base New London, the . . . — — Map (db m217137) HM
The navy uses the magnetic silencing range to determine if a ship may be vulnerable to detection by magnetic mines, which can blow a hole in a vessel and cause it to sink. The range consists of a series of devices installed underwater that . . . — — Map (db m48381) HM
Maury Hall, a substantial two-story concrete building, stood on this site from the 1930s or early 1940s until 1999. It served as classrooms for the U.S. Maritime Service officers’ training program at Fort Trumbull during Worl War II. Known to the . . . — — Map (db m48303) HM
The U.S. Merchant Marine played a crucial role in World War II, transporting supplies, ammunition, and troops across the ocean to the battle front. Even before the United States entered the war, the merchant fleet provided much-needed goods to the . . . — — Map (db m48394) HM
Between 1875 and 1876, the army built this installation for heavy guns, known as the North Battery, to strengthen the military effectiveness of Fort Trumbull. Designed for five cannon aimed toward the water, the battery contained four gun platforms . . . — — Map (db m48258) HM
This building served as living space for officers for more than one hundred and fifty years. It was constructed in about 1830, before the existing fort was built, when the War of 1812-era fort still stood on the site. Army officers occupied the . . . — — Map (db m217135) HM
This parade ground appears on a map from the 1830s, when the second Fort Trumbull was still standing. Its use dates back at least that far. The army conducted drills and inspections of troops on this stretch of land until the early twentieth . . . — — Map (db m48272) HM
An industrial-looking building with few windows stood on this site directly in front of the fort from the 1770s until 1999. It was designed specifically for top-secret work in periscope technology. Originally, periscopes were simple tube-shaped . . . — — Map (db m48382) HM
After the Civil War fewer troops were stationed at Fort Trumbull, but at least one artillery company continued to serve here each year into the early twentieth century. It became evident during the Civil War that advances in weapons had caused the . . . — — Map (db m48356) HM
World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, and President Woodrow Wilson firmly resolved that the United States would stay neutral. However, public opinion turned to outrage in 1915, when a U-boat (a German submarine) fired two torpedoes at the . . . — — Map (db m48391) HM
Before the United States entered World War II, German U-boats again inflicted death and destruction on the seas by sinking Allied ships as they had in World War I. In January 1942, the month after the United States entered the war, the Germans . . . — — Map (db m48396) HM
On this rocky and windy promontory overlooking the Thames River, more than two hundred years of military history have unfolded. The history of this place and those who served here reflects strategic and technological developments from the American . . . — — Map (db m48647) HM
The army built this gun line, known as the South Battery, around 1840, while the present Fort Trumbull was under construction. By 1879, this battery contained eight cannon of two types, six Rodmans and two Parrotts. A low protective wall made of . . . — — Map (db m48262) HM
This building housed army enlisted men serving in the artillery or infantry from the 1830s until Fort Trumbull was downgraded to a supply post, in 1907. Built of rough-cut granite, the original stone section dates from about 1830, the same year . . . — — Map (db m48300) HM
Although the United States won the War of 1812, the searing memory of the nation’s capital in flames continued to disturb the public and Congress alike. The British had entered the Chesapeake Bay, continued up the Potomac River, and set fire to . . . — — Map (db m48353) HM
This monument marks the site of the largest United States Maritime Service Officers School during the course of events leading up to and including World War II.
During this period 15,000 Maritime Service Officers were graduated and went forth to . . . — — Map (db m66449) HM
In 1808, Congress again approved funds to fortify the coastline, prompted by the prospect of another war with England. England was at war with France, which was ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time, and although the United States had not taken . . . — — Map (db m48283) HM
( inscribed around the obelisk )
June 14, 1863 · Port Hudson · May 27, 1863
( south side )
Erected
To the Memory
of the
26th Regiment
Conn. Volunteeer
Infantry
26th Regt. Conn. Vols.
( north side )
Total Membership
825 . . . — — Map (db m101860) HM
The Angelo Sanquedolce Memorial Plaza
Dedicated May 14, 1999
The Heritage Riverfront Park Plaza is hereby named and dedicated in honor of Angelo J. Sanquedolce, Comptroller of the City of Norwich from 1968 to 1998, for thirty years of exemplary . . . — — Map (db m101880) HM
Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church was founded in 1840 and under the zeal and energy of Rev. Miner G. Clarke grew rapidly to over 400 members. The church's first organist, Ithamar Conkey, composed the music to "In The Cross of Christ I . . . — — Map (db m101881) HM
( south side )
Cristoforo
Colombo
1492 – 1992
Onorate
I Vostri
Genitori
( Behold Your Parents )
( north side )
Presented to the
City of Norwich
by the
Italian – American
Citizens on the 500th . . . — — Map (db m101856) HM
David Ruggles Freedom Courtyard
dedicated on the 19th day of October in the year 2013
and to honor the 150th anniversary of
The Emancipation Proclamation
signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of . . . — — Map (db m101879) HM
Dr. Charles H. Osgood Fountain
Dr. Osgood was one of the original founding fathers
of the Norwich Free Academy in 1854.
The fountain was on his estate at the corner of
Washington and Broad Streets. In 1957,
Milton Green purchased and . . . — — Map (db m101943) HM
Everlasting Vigilance
Spec Jacob D. Martir
US Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
18 August 2004
1st Lt Keith N. Heidman
US Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
28 May 2007 — — Map (db m101801) WM
In Memory of
Captain Samuel Chester Reid
1783 — 1861
Born at Norwich, Conn. Aug. 25, 1783.
During the War of 1812 commander of the
American privateer General Armstrong.
Captain Reid planned the United States
Flag which was . . . — — Map (db m101775) HM
Nov. 4 A.D. 1886
This Building
Dedicated to the Education of the Young
And Commemorative of
John F. Slater
Is Erected by His Son
William A. Slater
And by Him Presented to the
Norwich Free Academy
In Grateful Recognition
Of . . . — — Map (db m101954) HM
Leased to Boston Hartford & Erie R.R. • 1869 Leased to New York & New England R.R. • 1886 Leased to New England R.R. • 1896 Leased to N.Y., N.H., & H. R.R. • 1898 Centennial Exercises sponsored by the New London Railroad Association May 11, 1940 . . . — — Map (db m172115) HM
( south east plaque )
2nd Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: Joseph Stokes.
3rd Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: David C. Case.
5th Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: Alexander S. Avery.
6th Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Men:
Charles Meissor. Frank . . . — — Map (db m101792) WM
Norwich Vietnam
War Memorial
In Honor Of The Brave
Servicemen Who Gave Their
Lives In Vietnam
Cooley, Robert Karl May 31, 1970
Donohue, Francis Charles March 1, 1967
Donovan, Thomas Edward March 23, 1968
Greene, James Leonard, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m101800) WM
1917 1918
Dedicated To The Men And Women Of
Norwich
Who Served Their Country In The
World War
( 697 names are listed on the south side. The following have stars indicating they made the supreme sacrifice. )
Allen Horace H . . . — — Map (db m101794) WM
( east side )
1941 1945
To Commemorate
Those
Who Served In World War II
And
To Those Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice In Order That Our
Nation May Continue To The Glory Of God And To Continue
In His Principles Amongst Men . . . — — Map (db m101795) WM
Joseph Otis, who had earned his fortune elsewhere, returned to his hometown at the age of 70, and wishing to do something lasting for the people of Norwich, founded a public library in his name on this spot. He purchased the land and planned to have . . . — — Map (db m172119) HM
Slater Museum
Samuel Slater, possessing considerable knowledge of textile production and machinery emigrated from England in 1789. He was attracted to the United States because of the bounty offered here for skilled textile workers. British law . . . — — Map (db m101858) HM
The Freedom Tree
With The Vision of Universal Freedom
For All Mankind
This Tree Is Dedicated To
Col. Paul G. Underwood
And All
Prisoners Of War
And
Missing In Action
1973 — — Map (db m101803) WM
The Shattuck
Building
Dedicated To The
Devoted Support Of
The Humanities As Was
Constantly Exhibited By
George E. Shattuck
During His Tenure
As Principal
1940 – 1965 — — Map (db m101945) HM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m101859) WM
This Tract Of Land Is
Dedicated To Veterans
Of All Conflicts And Wars
By The Veterans Council Of
The Norwich Area
By City Council Resolution Sept. 1968 — — Map (db m101802) WM
Once upon a time in Norwich, the Governor of the State of Connecticut, William A. Buckingham, resided in this building. Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, May 28, 1804, he attended Lebanon School, Bacon Academy in Colchester, and later took up residency . . . — — Map (db m171812) HM
William Ashby McCloy (1913-2000)
Aspirations, 1976
Core-ten steel 174 inches high
Commissioned with funds from The Connecticut Commission on the Arts
William Ashby McCloy was born in Baltimore and studied at Phillips . . . — — Map (db m101953) HM
Once upon a time in Norwich…
Hopkins & Allen Gun Factory was the city’s largest employer. During the Civil War, Norwich provided more arms for the Union forces than any other city. As the nation’s largest armory, Hopkins & Allen was just one . . . — — Map (db m101882) HM
Benedict Arnold was born here in January 1741. He and a younger sister, Hannah, were the only survivors of eleven children. The original family home no longer exists. As a young man of 14, he served an apprenticeship as a . . . — — Map (db m83323) HM
East District School
Once upon a time in Norwich...
In 1789, when Norwich was the second largest city in the State, Thomas Leffingwell IV sold to the inhabitants of the East School District for 6 pounds, land “for the purpose of said . . . — — Map (db m101941) HM
Lathrop Manor
John Olmstead, Norwich's first physician, settled here in 1661 and later sold his house to Samuel Lathrop. After the original house burned in 1745, it was rebuilt by Samuel's son, Dr. Daniel Lathrop. Near the family home, Dr. Lathrop . . . — — Map (db m101913) HM
Leffingwell Inn
In 1675, Steven Backus built a simple two-room, side-chimney house. Over two centuries, it would be modified many times. Thomas Leffingwell, a founder of Norwich and friend of the Great Sachem, Uncas, bought the house in 1700 and . . . — — Map (db m101942) HM
Lowthorpe Meadows
Of this 18-acre meadow, the manor portion was deeded to a trust in 1907 by Emily Serena Gilman and Louisa Gilman Lane “in consideration of their love and goodwill to the inhabitants of Norwich, and in memory of their . . . — — Map (db m101911) HM
English settlers in southeastern Connecticut aided the Mohegan Tribe many times during the 17th century Pequot and Narragansett Wars. In 1645 Thomas Leffingwell and others helped lift a Narragansett siege of the Mohegans Fort Shantok on the Thames . . . — — Map (db m101909) HM
In 1659 the Mohegan chief Uncas sold to settlers led by Major John Mason and the Reverend James Fitch “nine miles square”, part of which became Norwich.
According to Francis M. Caulkins’s history of Norwich, “At the end of the first century . . . — — Map (db m101910) HM
As early as the 1640’s settlers from Saybrook cleared and planted land on the east side of the Connecticut River in what is now Old Lyme. The first recorded grant of land, in 1649, was to Matthew Griswold in the Black Hall quarter. By 1665 the . . . — — Map (db m65180) HM
Downer-Doane Park
Homesite of
Dr. Joshua & Dr. Avery Downer
Revolutionary War Surgeons
also of
William Howard Doane
Hymn Writer — — Map (db m140818) HM
Incorporated in 1687, Preston was settled mainly by sons and grandsons of founders of surrounding towns on land purchased from the Mohegan Indians. It was probably named for Preston in Suffolk, the English home of Thomas Parke, one of the . . . — — Map (db m140817) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m140891) WM
Several species of fish live in the ocean, but must come inland to fresh water in order to reproduce. These are known as "anadromous" species. For thousands of years this life cycle was part of the aquatic ecology in North America. When Europeans . . . — — Map (db m193115) HM
Salem
This area, called Paugwonk by Indians living near Fairy Lake, was settled about 1700. It was named New Salem Parish by the landowner Colonel Samuel Browne from Salem, Massachusetts, in 1725. Sections of Colchester, Lyme, and Montville were . . . — — Map (db m141149) HM
1950 Korea 1955
America Wrote Proud History in
Defense of Freedom. The Men and
Women Who Served Learned It Was A
Soldier’s Destiny to Suffer Perhaps
To Die. Let Us Remember With Pride
Those Who Returned, Those Who Died,
Those . . . — — Map (db m141150) WM
Revolutionary War Bicentennial
Erected April 26, 1975
Honoring the Men of New Salem Parish
Who Fought for Our Nations Independence
Isaiah Armstrong · Capt. Stephen Billings · John Deathick★ · Capt. Daniel Dodge★ · Cpl. Elihu . . . — — Map (db m141148) WM
1959 Vietnam 1975
Dedicated to the Men and Women of
The Armed Forces Who Exhibited a
Unique Blend of Heroism, Honor, and
Courage. Let Us Recall With Pride
Those Who Served. Let Us Remember
With Love Those Who Died. And Let
Us Pray . . . — — Map (db m141151) WM
1917 1919
In Honor of the Citizens
Of Salem Who Served Their
Country in the World War
Ernest M. Beebe · Lawrence W. Beebe · Nathan Buchalter · ★Samuel Buchalter · George E. Day · Edward H. Dewolf · Nathan Eisenstein · Daniel M. Fraser . . . — — Map (db m141103) HM
1941 1945
In Honor of the Citizens of Salem
Who Served Their Country in World War II
James H. Beebe, Jr. · Alfred M. Bingham · Charles V. Brown · Hugh Chappell · Frederick Cherrick · Edwin R. Coffey · Victor Connell · William A. Cusimano · . . . — — Map (db m141145) WM
Sprague
This area on the Shetucket River was part of the land deeded in 1659 by Uncas, the Mohegan Indian sachem, to form the town of Norwich. In 1786 it became parts of Franklin and Lisbon. Settlements were made at Hanover, established as an . . . — — Map (db m141215) HM
Dedicated to Those Who Served In
The Civil War 1861 – 1865
Abbott, James · Acker, George · Allen, John · Bartlett, John S. · Batchelder, George E. · Bigelow, James S. · Bingham, Henry L. · Birch, William H. · Bishop, Nathan L. · Blake, . . . — — Map (db m141228) WM
In Honor of the Men and Women
Who Served In the Korean War
1950 – 1953
Arpin Armand · Arpin Walter F. · Avery Arthur · Bastien Gerard · Bastien Napoleon · Bastien William · Benson William D. · Benoit Ronald · Blanchard Hector U. · . . . — — Map (db m141429) WM
( inscribed on the perimeter bricks ) Piekarski, Chester A. Killed In Action September 1944 France
Authier Joseph A. Killed In Action January 1944 Italy
Standish, Walter F. Killed In Action July 1863 Gettysburg, PA . . . — — Map (db m141243) WM
Those That Served Honorably
Dedicated on the 150th Anniversary of the Town of Sprague
World War I
Blanchard, Hector J.
World War II
Adkins, James W. · Anderson, Benjamin H. · Anderson, Robert A. · Arpin, Roderick J. · Baah, Lewis H. · . . . — — Map (db m141222) HM
In Honor of Those Who Served
During the Vietnam Conflict
Andrew, Milton Dennis · Andrew,Robert Harold · Andrzejczyk, Dennis Michael · Arpin, Edward Emile · Arpin, Joseph Adelard, Jr. · Arpin, Raymond Paul · Arsenault, Robert · Baah, Randall . . . — — Map (db m141430) WM
1917 — 1918
Honor Roll of Sprague
Dedicated to Those of Sprague
Who Served Their Country
In the World War
Allard, Alcide · Allard, Joseph H. · Almquist, Arthur · Anderson, Arvid · Anderson, Gustave · Arpin, Odilla · Arseneault, . . . — — Map (db m141218) WM
To the Men and Women of the
Town of Sprague Conn.
Who Served Their Country in World War II
The Following Men Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Authier Joseph A. · Courtmanche Nelson · Ezepchik Edward · Marcil Alonzo · Piekarski Chester A.
Adams . . . — — Map (db m141226) WM
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