Originally Kibbe's Village, Kenyonville dates back to 1843 when Joseph Kenyon purchased the Valley Woolen Mill from Chauncey Kibbe for $950. Born in Huddersfield, England in 1805, Kenyon studied woolen manufacturing processes and then came to . . . — — Map (db m266087) HM
The Town of Hampton, incorporated 1786, was
formed from parts of Windham, Pomfret,
Canterbury, Mansfield, and Brooklyn. Through
its length runs the Nipmuck Trail, used by
Nipmuck and Mohegan Indians before the
arrival of white migrants, . . . — — Map (db m285649) HM
“Dedicated in Honor of the Citizens of
Hampton who served, and in the Memory of
Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice”
erected by
Leslie L. Jewett Post #106 American Legion and Friends
1990
World War I
1917 - 1918
Court Babcock · . . . — — Map (db m286956) HM
In Memoriam
Christopher Lee Hoskins
SPC., U.S. Army
Killingly resident killed while serving his country
Ramadi, Iraq, June 21, 2005
“The roots of a soldier are nurtured by the soil
of family, friends, community
Until . . . — — Map (db m111925) WM
Front Settled in 1700 and incorporated in 1708, Killingly was the forty-second town established in Connecticut.
In 1653, the second John Winthrop obtained a grant of a large tract of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and . . . — — Map (db m93380) HM
Erected A.D. 1878,
by the Women’s
Monument Association and Town of Killingly,
in Honor of the Soldiers and Sailors
who served in the War of 1861
for the Preservation of the Union. — — Map (db m102070) WM
Roll of Honor
in tribute to
Anderson, Edward E. • Barriere, Alphonse • Berube, Joseph E. • Bishop, Joseph L.• Bolduc, Alfred N. • Buteau, Norman • Calouri, Ernest • Carroll, Bryan A. • Chandlier, Kenneth H. • Comtois, Joseph A.•
Corcoran, . . . — — Map (db m102038) WM
In Memoriam
Those Who Made the Supreme
Sacrifice in Defense of Freedom
World War I
Raoul L. Moquin★
Ernest Godreau★
Albert T. Potvin★
Joseph A. Vanasse★
Armand C. Salvas★
John R. Monsees★ . . . — — Map (db m140726) WM
They Gave
Their Lives
That Freedom
Shall Prevail
Wilfred Allard · Aime G. Bernier · John R. Bernier · Deziel Chabot · Joseph Dufrense · Marie A. Fournier · Robert L. Hopkins · Joseph Jaskot · Emile Labreque · Walter P. Lathrop · Arthur . . . — — Map (db m140771) WM
Rev. R.P. Morrissey, Pastor
We the Members of
St. John’s Parish
Plainfield, Connecticut
Dedicate this Monument to our Heroes
of the World War 1917 — 1918
Cleophas Allard · Ovila Allard · Joseph Belanger · Narcisse Boisvert · . . . — — Map (db m140727) WM
Abington
Congregational Meeting House
Built 1751
Placed on
National Register of Historic Places
September 19, 1977
by United States Department
of Interior — — Map (db m123852) HM
George Newhall Clark
Memorial Chapel
Completed 1908
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of The Interior — — Map (db m122710) HM
In Honor of
The Men of Pomfret
Who served their Country
in its struggles for
Liberty, Justice and Humanity
1775 Revolutionary War 1783
1812 War of 1812 1814
1848 War with Mexico 1848
1961 Civil War 1865
1898 Spanish . . . — — Map (db m133602) WM
The Town began as the “Mashamoquet Purchase,” 15,100 acres brought by twelve proprietors in 1686 from James Fitch of Norwich, who had acquired it from the Indian sachem, Owaneco. In 1713 the Town was incorporated and named for Pontefract in . . . — — Map (db m1621) HM
Following her tracks through one day and night in the early snow of December 1742 to the Connecticut River and back, the early settlers of this region here discovered the den of the She Wolf that had for years devastated their flocks and had so . . . — — Map (db m115835) HM
On this site, Benjamin Cargill operated a grist mill
originally built in 1730, adding a distillery and other
shops in 1760. The Pomfret Manufacturing Company
later built the Pomfret Cotton Mills to produce textile
products in 1807; it is the . . . — — Map (db m126039) HM
This circa 1868 2 1/2-story Victorian Italianate
villa-style home was built by textile magnate George
Morse overlooking the Quinebaug River in sight of three
of his mills. With the addition of wings, this building
has been integrated into the . . . — — Map (db m126032) HM
Originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, Putnam was incorporated in 1855, carved out of Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson and named in honor of General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary War fame. Some of the early settlers led the . . . — — Map (db m280614) HM
On August 19 1955, the Quinebaug River, fueled by rain from
Hurricane Diana, overflowed its banks and flooded Putnam. Unlike earlier
floods of the 1880s and 1930s, the flood of 1955 caused extensive
damage. As the river carved a new channel . . . — — Map (db m126037) HM
Eastern Connecticut
French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. After wintering in . . . — — Map (db m190106) HM
Scotland
In 1700 Isaac Magune purchased several hundred acres of hilly terrain in the town of Windham and soon named it after his native land. By 1726 about eighty families of English Puritan, Scotch, and Huguenot descent had settled in the area. . . . — — Map (db m140368) HM
1964 – 1975
Dedicated in Honor of Those
Citizens of Scotland who Served
During the Viet Nam War Era
Arnott, Raymond J. · Bard, Alphy C. · ★Barden, III, Andrew J. · ★Bergeron, Robert S. · Bernier, Gerard M. · Calderwood, . . . — — Map (db m140369) WM
Honor Roll
Saint Joseph’s Church
Sterling and Oneco, Connecticut
Horace Adams · Gerard Boucher · Albert Brunsdon · Donald Burton · Francis Burton · Francis Bushey · Arthur Carr · George Carr · Edward B. Carroll · Edward J. Carroll · James . . . — — Map (db m140772) WM
Originally part of the long narrow area called Voluntown, this northern section separated and obtained town privileges from the Connecticut General Assembly on the second Thursday of May, 1794. The name given was that of a temporary resident, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m140730) HM
Dedicated this 21st day of May 1989 to the Honor of All Sterling
Veterans who Served Their Country in War and Peace
the Following Men Paid the Supreme Sacrifice
PFC Harry T. Sayles 1891 – 1918 France U.S. Army
PFC Jeffrey J. Peloquin 1924 . . . — — Map (db m140729) WM
The United States Finishing Company
Sterling Branch
In Honor of the Men Who Responded to Their
Country’s Call in the Great World War, 1917 – 1918
Harold H. Barber · Earle W. Barr · Earle W. Belknap · George Carr · Frank Chamberland · George . . . — — Map (db m140773) WM
In this Vicinity
French Troops Under
Rochambeau
Enroute from Yorktown
Encamped During November 1782
Erected by the State and
Deborah Avery Putnam
Chap. D.A.R.
Cooperating — — Map (db m140728) HM WM
The territory which the Nipmuc Indians called “Quinnatisset”, now included in the town of Thompson, was settled in 1693. The first settler, Richard Evans of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, purchased 200 acres in the vicinity of Quinnatisset . . . — — Map (db m273485) HM
In Memoriam
Soldiers of The Revolutionary War
Who rest in this yard
William Alton · Issachar Bates · Aaron Bixby · Bryant Brown · Gardner Bartholomew · Elijah Carpenter · Jonathan Copeland · Capt. Stephen Crosby · Elijah Crosby · Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m127076) HM WM
We fight not to enslave
but to set a country free
and to make room upon the
earth for honest men to live
T. Paine 1739 — 1809
The Persian Gulf
Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m195570) WM
In Remembrance to the Men of Thompson
Killed In Action in Defense of Our Country
World War I
William Adams · Eldi Morin · Forest E. Young · William Broughton · Oscar W. Swanson
World War II
Theodore Angelo · Paul Auger · Frank Bednarz · . . . — — Map (db m195563) WM
In Dedication
To the Men and Women of the
Town of Thompson who Served
Their Country with Honor from
The Revolutionary War to Vietnam
July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m195561) WM
War Memorial
Town of Thompson 1968
Men & Women who Served in the Armed Forces
World War II — Korean — Vietnam
The Following made the Supreme Sacrifice
World War II
★Paul Auger · ★James E. Waldron · ★Thenasi Celia · . . . — — Map (db m195567) WM
To the Men of Thompson
Who Offered Their Lives in the
Service of Their Country in the
Great War for World Wide Liberty
1917 — 1919 — — Map (db m195562) WM
This statue honors the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps who from 1933 to 1942, through the construction of trails, roads, bridges and buildings helped create access to our state parks and forests. The legacy of their natural resource . . . — — Map (db m265487) HM
To Honor The Men Of
Camp Lonergan
Company 179
Established 1933
Civilian Conservation Corps
1933-1942
Created By
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Renewing The Country's Natural Resources
And Challenging The Human Spirit
Of A Nation . . . — — Map (db m265482) HM
Upon these lands settled volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian Warre 1675-76. In October, 1696 Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the General Court "that they with the rest of . . . — — Map (db m140774) HM
1941 1945
Dedicated
In Honor of
Citizens of Scotland
Who Served in World War II
And in Memory of Those
Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
★Edward L. Racicot · ★Thomas G. Passarello · ★Edward E. Roberts · ★Thomas . . . — — Map (db m140370) WM
Henry C. Bowen House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This building possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1992
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m141607) HM
The intersection of two turnpikes
brought about the growth of this
settlement known for many years as
Village Corners. The Norwich and
Woodstock Turnpike began in 1801 to
carry traffic northward to the
Massachusetts line. About 1827 . . . — — Map (db m123732) HM
Front John Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited
“Wabquisset” in 1674 to preach to upward
of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon
after, King Philip''s war broke out and by
August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of
Providence . . . — — Map (db m123515) HM
Just south of here, Pulpit Rock
Road joins Old Hall Road briefly
and then turns west as a mostly
unpaved road. Not far beyond the
turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part
of the road formed a small segment
of the Connecticut path, which was
part of . . . — — Map (db m123727) HM
1748 – 1943
Moved to present site 1954
Built 1854
America’s oldest schoolhouse in regular use
“Sacred to the beginning of America Education” — — Map (db m123514) HM
In 1690, Woodstock appointed its
first school master and built a
school in 1704. The first school
to serve this, The "West Parish"
was constructed in 1734.
Tradition says that a red school
house formerly stood on this site.
About 1873 . . . — — Map (db m122557) HM
Front In 1801, The town of Woodstock gave
land "on the common north of The
Meeting House” for the first simple
Academy building, founded by The
Reverend Eliphalet Lyman, John
McClellan, and others of the first
ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m123798) HM
In honor of
those who served their
Country in its struggles for
liberty, justice and humanity
1775 Revolutionary War 1783
1812 War of 1812 1814
1846 War with Mexico 1848
1861 Civil War 1865
1898 Spanish America War . . . — — Map (db m123854) WM
Near this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the
Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, . . . — — Map (db m123401) HM
Front The industry of northeastern
Connecticut had its earliest
beginnings in this area, Soon
after arriving in 1686 the early
settlers built a sawmill on a
small brook running into the
“Great Lake.” Later several . . . — — Map (db m123797) HM
Griswold
Settlers were attracted to this area, then part of Preston, by the rich land of the Pachaug River Valley. The first permanent settlement was founded near Pachaug about 1690 on land purchased from Owaneco, sorn of Uncas, the Mohegan . . . — — Map (db m140777) HM
To the Memory of
The Revolutionary Soldiers
Of Ancient Pachaug
Who Gave Their Lives to Establish a
Free and Independent Country
Dulce et decorum est pro patris mori
(It is sweet and fitting to die for your country)
Solomon Coit · . . . — — Map (db m221579) WM
Erected In Honor Of Those From
The Town Of Griswold Who
Served In The Korean Conflict
Richard A. Albro · Robert Allanach · Ernest L. Arremony · Edmund J. Arremony · John Arremony · Phillip F. Arremony · Lawrence J. Arthur · Chester J. . . . — — Map (db m140814) WM
Erected in Honor of Those From
The Town of Griswold Who
Served in the Vietnam Conflict
Robert J. Ambot · William J. Ambot · Kenneth P. Anthony · Lawrence M. Anthony · Rene L. Aubin · Robert A. Aubin · John R. Babcock · Edward F. Bachand · . . . — — Map (db m141078) WM
1914 Honor Roll of Those From 1918
The Town of Griswold
Who Served in the World War
Affortunato, Paul · Anderson, Otto A. · Aramoney, Hazard · Ashey, Edward · Ashey, Ovelia · Auclair, Randolph · Babcock, Adelbert A. · Babcock, Charles I. . . . — — Map (db m140890) WM
Dedicated by the
Town of Griswold
in honor of its citizens who sacrificed and served in
1941 World War II 1945
★John Artecki, Jr. · ★Maurice Asselin · ★Omer G. Bachland · ★Alexander Budawei · ★Roland E. . . . — — Map (db m141077) WM
In April 1771, Eliezer Jewett opened a sawmill on the Pachaug Ríver. This area was the beginning of a small village which became known as Pachaug City before the close of the Revolutionary War.
About 20 years later, Eliezer Jewett named . . . — — Map (db m140813) HM
In that part of Lebanon known as “Village Hill” some three miles
from his spot on the road leading from Lebanon to Willimantic
was born on Nov. 21, 1785
Dr. William Beaumont
A surgeon in the United States Army who later became . . . — — Map (db m99044) HM
To Commemorate the Founding
and Naming of
Lebanon, Connecticut by
The Reverend Mr. James Fitch
1622 – 1702
On land granted to him together with a seven mile tract given him by Owaneco heir to Uncas in appreciation for his wise counsel . . . — — Map (db m99015) HM
In memory of General Rochambeau and the French troops who came to the aid of our country in the American Revolution, the Duc de Lauzun and his Legion who camped in Lebanon from November 1780 to June 1781, and the citizens of this town who aided . . . — — Map (db m310711) HM WM
John Trumbull Birthplace
(Governor Jonathan Trumbull Home)
Has Been Designated A
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the Provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This Site Possesses Exceptional Value
In . . . — — Map (db m99040) HM
Poquechaneeg, the Indian name for the Lebanon area, was ceded to Englishmen in six tracts; the first was to Major John Mason in 1665. Settlement was begun in 1695 with fifty-one proprietors who apportioned among themselves home lots around the . . . — — Map (db m273484) HM
Dedicated by the people of
Lebanon
In honor of those men and women who served our country in the Armed Forces during the conflicts from 2003 through the end of the Hostilities
Iraq
Afghanistan
US service men and women freely . . . — — Map (db m99038) WM
Lebanon, Connecticut
Old Cemetery Containing the Tomb of
“Brother Jonathan” Trumbull, Revolutionary
War Governor of Connecticut, The friend and
Advisor of George Washington; William Williams,
Signer of the Declaration of . . . — — Map (db m140305) HM
( south side )
Period of The
Civil War
1861 – 1865
Dedicated to the memory of our Civil War Veterans who so promptly and willingly responded to the nation’s call serving in eleven different regiments and participating in over a . . . — — Map (db m99012) WM
Dedicated by the People of
Lebanon
In honor of those men and women
who served our country in the
armed forces during the conflicts
from 1946 through 2002
Korea
Vietnam
Lebanon
Granada
Panama
Persian Gulf
Somalia
Haiti . . . — — Map (db m99014) WM
Dedicated By The People Of
Lebanon
In Honor Of Those Who Sacrificed And Served In
World War I — World War II
1917 ★Louis Raymond Abel 1918
Kenneth I. Adams · Arthur Bellevance · Paul Blakeslee · Stanton L. Briggs · . . . — — Map (db m99017) WM
This bell, cast in the 1840’s was originally in the Liberty Hill Church from 1846-1960’s. In 1945, their assets, records, and membership were transferred here. The bell was installed here on this church’s 300th anniversary in 2000. — — Map (db m99039) HM
Used by the French Hussars of the Duke de Lauzun who were encamped on Lebanon Green December 1, 1780 to June 23, 1781. It also served the five regiments of Bourbonnois under Count Rochambeau June 1781. — — Map (db m310710) HM
Original Site of
Governor Jonathan Trumbull's
Lebanon War Office
Built Prior to 1727, Moved 1824 and 1844
Erected by
Connecticut Society
Sons of the American Revolution
1932 — — Map (db m140304) HM
In 1993, the remains of a smoke house were discovered near a vacant house on Tobacco Street in Lebanon. Dating to around 1820, this granite and wood smoke house is a rare example of a once-familiar farm building.
The use of granite blocks as . . . — — Map (db m298074) HM
In the 19th century, ministers often identified a room in their parsonage as a study. This space was used to research and write sermons, meet with church members and tutor young men studying to enter college or seminary. As a free-standing building, . . . — — Map (db m297823) HM
Lebanon, Connecticut
Governor Jonathan Trumbull’s War Office
Headquarters of the
Connecticut Council of Safety During
The War of the American Revolution
Erected by the
Connecticut George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission
October 8, . . . — — Map (db m189612) HM
Winter Encampment in Lebanon
French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. After . . . — — Map (db m242004) WM
This area originally was wholly within the Town of Norwich and consisted of a tract of land in the heart of the Mohegan Indian territory. Josiah Read is believed the earliest white settler, having purchased a mile-long tract from the Indians in . . . — — Map (db m302002) HM
In Memory Of
Those Men Of Lisbon
Who Served In The
American Revolutionary War
Erected By The
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Of Lisbon, Connecticut
July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m141434) WM
Dedicated to the
Honor and Sacrifice
Of the Men and Women of Lisbon
Who Served Our Country in All Wars
Lisbon Bicentennial Commission
1986 — — Map (db m141437) HM
Honor Roll
The Men of Lisbon Who
Served Their Country In
The World War
1917 – 1918
Allen, George · Benjamin, Carl · Burgess, William · Clark, William · Corbett, Walter · Emerson, James · Emerson, William · Ernst, August · Foote, G. . . . — — Map (db m141436) WM
Dr. Chester Hunt Office
This former sheriff’s office was built
circa 1790. Originally it stood behind
the sheriff Shuebel Abbe House
Located at the south end of the green.
Dr. Hunt (1789-1869) purchased the
Abbe property in 1819. . . . — — Map (db m140333) HM