1778 1978
1st Company Governor's Horse Guards
Organized Militia – State of Connecticut
20 May, 1978
This memorial is dedicated to the Horse Guardsmen who have honorably served this illustrious cavalry unit since it's founding during . . . — — Map (db m33060) HM
Avon
This area, formerly Northington or the North Parish of Farmington, was settled in 1645non land that had belonged to the Tunxis Indians. It prospered as a farming community and, in 1830, after the construction and opening of the Farmington . . . — — Map (db m33019) HM
[ center panel ]
Avon Remembers
"No Greater Gift"
Mexican War
Sperry, Orrin
Civil War
Beman, Job • Booth, Austin C • Brewer, Gilbert F • Buckley, Frederick O • Calkins, Obed H • Clark, Henry W • Evans, Henry D • Evans, Newton J . . . — — Map (db m33168) WM
Wilford Woodruff, fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born 1 March 1807 in a section of Farmington, Connecticut, known as Northington (now Avon). He and his parents, Aphek and Beulah Thompson Woodruff, lived in . . . — — Map (db m92453) HM
In 1829 the Farmington Canal opened in Avon and operated until 1847. The Markers, here and across the street, show where it crossed the Albany Turnpike, now Rt. 44. They are made of the same sandstone used in in the Farmington Canal construction. — — Map (db m92442) HM
Berlin
This land, granted to settlers in 1661 and 1668 by the General Court of Connecticut, was also purchased from the local Mattabesett Indian tribe. Founders of the community include Sergeant Richard Beckley, who came north on the trail from New . . . — — Map (db m46041) HM
1920
Erected By The Town Of Berlin
In Honor Of
Her Patriotic Men And Women
Who Served Their Country
In Time Of War
For The Dead – A Tribute
For The Living – A Memory
For Posterity – An Emblem Of Loyalty
To The . . . — — Map (db m47327) WM
[ north side ]
Erected to Commemorate the Death
Of Those Who Perished in Suppressing
The Southern Rebellion
How sleep the brave who sink to rest.
By all their country's wishes blest.
1863
Soldiers
[ west side ] . . . — — Map (db m46037) WM
Bloomfield
In 1736 fifty-one inhabitants petitioned for parish privileges in what is now Bloomfield. They called the parish Wintonbury, using parts of the names of the three towns they came from Windsor, Farmingtonand Simsbury. It remained . . . — — Map (db m97354) HM
The Town of Bloomfield
dedicates this memorial
to the 129 men who signed to
serve in the Union Army
during the Civil War 1861 – 1865
A grateful town thanks them
Dedicated Memorial Day May 28, 2012 — — Map (db m97274) WM
Korean War Memorial
Dedicated to the Memory
of those who served for America
as part of a United Nations
team to establish a
foothold for democracy at
the thirty-eighth (38th)
parallel in Korea.
Special attention is
given to those . . . — — Map (db m97272) WM
Vietnam Veterans
Monument
George C Kosovich Jr 11-1-65
Edward L Bieber 10-23-67
Robert S Bagnall 3-8-69
Barry Jackson 3-18-69
(back)
Dedicated to The Men
And Women of Bloomfield
Who So Bravely Answered
Their Country’s . . . — — Map (db m97270) HM
Dedicated To The
650 Men and Women
Of Our Community
Who Fought In World War II
1941 – 1945
To These,
The Living and the Dead,
The Citizens of Bloomfield
Erected This Tablet
In Grateful Remembrance
In Loving Memory . . . — — Map (db m97282) WM
( left gatepost plaque )
1736 1933
Old Wintonbury Cemetery
This gateway and fence were erected to the memory of the founders and descendants of ancient Wintonbury through the generosity of Mrs. Alice Bidwell Francis and Miss Caroline . . . — — Map (db m99742) HM
Roll of Honor
Town of Bloomfield
1914 World War 1919
*Harry Emanuel Johnson *Patrick J. Lane *Willard Delmont Mason
Alfred Arndt • Philip A Auben • Raymond H Barnard • Arthur G Beebe • Rev Howard W Benedict • Harold F . . . — — Map (db m97352) HM
On This Site Stood
The Bloomfield Methodist Church
From 1853 to 1961
Originally Built on Whirlwind Hill in 1832
Moved to This Site in 1853 — — Map (db m97353) HM
The Village Green
Symbolizing the Beginnings and
Center of Community Life
The Bloomfield Village Green
Has Existed Since the 1700’s
Restored by Wintonbury Park
Redevelopment Project
Wintonbury Parish 1735
Town of Bloomfield 1835 . . . — — Map (db m97283) HM
[ east side ]
Members of Bristol Co. K. 16. Reg. C.V.
Capt. Newton S. Manross. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Ae. 37
Henry Aldrich. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Ae. 11
Frank E. Wilcox. Died in Hospital, Nov. 9, 1862. Ae. . . . — — Map (db m33231) HM
Korean War
1950 – 1953
Served With Honor
to those who died
Honor And Eternal Rest
to those still missing
Remembrance And Hope
to those who returned
Gratitude And Peace
[ plaque at the base ]
James E. Baehr • . . . — — Map (db m33463) WM
August 7, 1994
This plaque is in recognition
of all the men and women
from Bristol and Forestville
who served their country
with pride during the
Persian Gulf War, Operation
Desert Storm. — — Map (db m33520) WM
[ front ]
In Memory Of
Those Who Made The
Supreme Sacrifice
[ back ]
Made The Supreme Sacrifice
Pelletier, Lawrence Joseph • Wade, Melvin A. • Levesque, Roland Philip • Thibeault, Gilbert • Jacob, Robert Michael • Nestico, . . . — — Map (db m33465) HM
This memorial was erected to honor those soldiers from Bristol, Connecticut who lost their lives during World War I. A pin-oak tree has been planted along the Memorial Boulevard, which was donated to the City of Bristol by Albert F. Rockwell, in . . . — — Map (db m33515) HM
To Remember
And To Honor
Those From Bristol
Who Served God
And Their Country
In World War II
And Korea
[ left plaque ]
World War II
Ardenski, Edwin W. • Aube, Harold N. • Bachman, William J. • Bacon, Ernest L. • Bartley, . . . — — Map (db m33509) WM
[ west side ]
The
City of Bristol
To Honor Its
Residents Who
Served in The
World War, Here
Records Their
Names
[ southwest side ]
These Gave Their Lives
John J. Bresnahan • Reginald L. Brown • Sebastiano . . . — — Map (db m33460) HM
Bristol’s original Civil War monument was dedicated on January 20, 1866, and stands in the West Cemetery. The ravages of time are slowly destroying the soldier’s names that appear on its weathered brownstone. To insure they are not forgotten, this . . . — — Map (db m44356) HM
Dedicated to the Memory
Of Our Fallen Comrades
And Presented to the City of Bristol By
Harold F. Emmett Post No. 994
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Of The United States.
July 17, 1926 — — Map (db m88302) HM
Forever Honored
Forever Mourned
To The Men And Women Who
Served In The Armed Forces
This Plot is Maintained by the
Memorial Day Association of Bristol — — Map (db m33234) HM
Memorial Boulevard
Commemoration
1921 – 1996
WW I
Supreme Sacrifice
Recognition
Anthony Benaliark • Leslie E. Billings • William R. Bolton • William Neumann • Eugene Ridolpi • Frederick D. Sheldon — — Map (db m33462) HM
In Memory Of The
Revolutionary War Patriots
Who Sacrificed Their Lives
And Fortune For Their Country
Placed By
Katherine Gaylord Chapter
Daughters Of The American Revolution
1964 — — Map (db m221637) HM
The Hiker
Spanish American War Soldier
Given By
The Vanesse Family
In Memory Of
Deceased World War II Veterans
November 12, 1984 — — Map (db m33511) HM
The History of
Memorial Boulevard
In 1919, after the "Great War", Bristol was growing and needed a new high school. Albert F. Rockwell took the initiative and made a remarkable offer to the city. He would give 12 acres in Dunbar Meadows (north of . . . — — Map (db m33622) HM
For many years an icehouse stood on the southern shore of Birge Pond at the site of the present-day parking lot. In the days before refrigeration, ice was an important commodity and Birge Pond was the largest supplier of ice to the City of . . . — — Map (db m93046) HM
[ front ]
Bristol
Bristol was originally a part of Farmington. In 1663 an easterly portion called "Poland" was granted to Thomas Barnes and three others. The area which later became Bristol was allotted in 1721 to Farmington settlers. In . . . — — Map (db m33237) HM
[ east side ]
Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
The Connecticut Patriot
Whose Last Words Were
I Only Regret That I
Have But One Life To Lose
For My Country
[ south side ]
Erected in Memory Of
Henry G. Bartley . . . — — Map (db m34243) HM
New Cambridge (now Bristol)
Was Settled 1727 – 8
Since Early Days
The Federal Hill Green
Has Been Used As A
Training Ground For Soldiers And A
Playground For Children
This Boulder Was Placed
By Katherine Gaylord Chapter . . . — — Map (db m34240) HM
Albert F. Rockwell
1862 – 1925
Inventor, manufacturer, public-
spirited citizen. He gave to the
city this park and contributed
liberally to its development.
His initiave and counsel were
of great value in the civic
and . . . — — Map (db m34281) HM
[ upper plaque ]
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico
U.S.A.
Spanish War Veterans
1898 - 1902
[ lower plaque ]
To Perpetuate the memory of the Citizens
of Bristol Who served in the War with
Spain, Philippine . . . — — Map (db m34283) HM
1929
This Tablet is to Perpetuate the Memory Of
John Christopher Mack
A public spirited citizen who truly loved Bristol
the place of his birth.
His declining years were spent in California
yet his interest in his native town never . . . — — Map (db m34282) HM
The Artist
A charismatic Englishman with the unlikely name of Dawson Dawson-Watson came to Hartford in 1893, fresh from Giverny and its aura of Claude Monet, and set to work introducing the radical French art called
Impressionism. He taught . . . — — Map (db m102122) HM
[ front ]
Burlington
The original inhabitants of the part of Farmington known as West Woods were Tunxis Indians. Early settlement by white man was scattered. The first house of record, noted in an estate inventory of 1725, was that of . . . — — Map (db m33174) HM
[ west side ]
Civil War
The Town Of Burlington Has Not Forgotten
Her Beloved Brothers Who Offered Their Lives
To Preserve The Union 1861 - 1865
Solomon A. Adkins • * Elijah W. Bacon • * Erastus S. Bacon • Samuel M. Bailey • Elias . . . — — Map (db m33229) HM
[ east side ]
Dedicated To
The Veterans Of
Burlington
Who Served In The
Armed Forces And
Died For Our Freedom
[ left plaque ]
World War II
Alderman, Ernest E. • Alderman, Leonard R. • Backes, Joseph W. 3rd • . . . — — Map (db m33230) WM
Settlement of the area later called Canton, originally part of Simsbury, began in 1737 with the erection of the Richard Case II home on East Hill. The earliest homes were constructed along “Cherry’s” brook. The settlers’ name for the . . . — — Map (db m87925) HM
Driving along Maple Avenue, circa 1915
Some early transportation at the corner of Maple Avenue & River Road, circa 1910
CNE Station on Canton Springs Road with cemetery in the background, circa 1900
Patrons of Cherry Park, off Lovely . . . — — Map (db m102376) HM
On this site, in 1778, Phoebe Humphrey protected
her home from Hessian soldiers who were part of
Burgoyne’s captured army headed for Boston.
Because of her bravery, she became the namesake
of the Collinsville Chapter of the National Society
of . . . — — Map (db m94480) HM
In honor of
the men of this town
who have served our country
in her various wars for freedom
and in grateful recognition
of their heroism
and the sacrifice they made This tablet is erected by the
Canton Soldiers Memorial . . . — — Map (db m103786) WM
Canton Veterans Memorial
In Grateful Memory Of The
Men Who Died In The Service
Of Their Country And In
Recognition To All Men
And Women Who Served
That Freedom Might Live.
This Monument Stands So
That Future Generations
Will Always . . . — — Map (db m88300) WM
From the book “Connecticut Railroads” by Turner & Jacobs. Train time at Collinsville, Connecticut on the Central New England Railway. Because the main-line track was on the outskirts of town, trains actually backed into the station. This train is . . . — — Map (db m93067) HM
Central New England Railroad had several names but started in 1871 and ended in 1927. It ran from Hartford, Connecticut to Millerton, New York. The train came into this High Street Junction (on Dyer Avenue) from Simsbury. The passenger station was . . . — — Map (db m92461) HM
Canoe Club, circa 1910- The club house was near the present-day nursery.
Note: The house in back was lost in the flood of 1955
Ice on the river, Circa 1900
View of the river from the tracks, Circa 1910
Station, circa 1911, . . . — — Map (db m92462) HM
Route 44 began as the Indian’s Northwest Path. It became the Hartford to Albany Road during the French and Indian War in order to move troops and equipment. In 1984, it became the Albany Turnpike, a toll road.
1776 House was an old home . . . — — Map (db m102423) HM
This powerhouse was built in 1935 to house a low-head, Francis-type turbine and a General Electric remote controlled generator. The turbine and generator were purchased by The Collins Company from a municipality in Lenoir, North Carolina and . . . — — Map (db m92548) HM
This building was built in 1865. Here, plows were assembled, painted, labeled and stored. By 1870, the Collins Company was producing 100 plows a day.
The introduction of the tractor and gasoline powered farm equipment eventually made hand . . . — — Map (db m93373) HM
East Granby
This area, first settled in 1664, was one of four Congregational parishes in Simsbury. The Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical Society in 1786 became a section of Granby, and in 1858 was incorporated as the Town of East Granby. An unusual . . . — — Map (db m97408) HM
East Granby
Roll of Honor World War II
Aldrich, Howard E. • Alexander, George • Archambault, Lloyd L. • Barnes, George F. • Bartkus, Edward A. • Bartkus, Ernest F. • *Bartkus, Ferdinand • *Bates, William e. Jr. • Bazyk, David F. • . . . — — Map (db m97410) WM
1917 East Granby 1919
Roll of Honor World War
Christian H. Ahrens • George H. Ahrens • Rena Ahrens • Stanley Bazyk • Charles W. Bishop • Eugene Bolden • Stanley Boultrish • Steve Brozatsky • Harry Whitehead Case • Coulter M. Cook • . . . — — Map (db m97411) WM
Planted in Memory of
George W. Pepe
and
William E. West
Killed in the Vietnam Conflict
East Granby Jaycees
and
Jaycee Wives
May 1973 — — Map (db m97448) WM
East Hartford
This part of the lands once inhabited by the Podunk Indians saw its first permanent colonists in 1655, when Thomas Hooker and his followers came from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to found Hartford. The east side of the Connecticut River . . . — — Map (db m74248) HM
( north side )
Alvin Flint, Co. B. 21. Reg. C.V. Died Jan. 10, 1863. Aged 53.
Alvin Flint, Jr. Co. D. 11. Reg. C.V. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Aged 17.
George B. Flint, Co. B. 21. Reg. C.V. Died at Falmouth, Va. Jan. 14, 1863. . . . — — Map (db m74953) WM
1917 ― 1918
In Honor Of
The Men And Women Of
East Hartford
Who Answered
Their Country’s Call
To Service In The
World War
To The Dead A Tribute
To The Living A Memory
To Posterity A Token
Of Loyalty
To The Flag Of . . . — — Map (db m74740) WM
Dedicated
To The Memory
Of Our Youth
Who Gave
Their Lives
In
World War II
* * *
“Let none forget they gave their all
And faltered not when came the call”
( memorial stone behind the monument )
Dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m74245) WM
Historic Center Cemetery
Authorized 1709
“Center Cemetery is one of Connecticut’s most interesting and important 18th century burial grounds, and is one of the most striking examples extant of the mixing of Connecticut River Valley . . . — — Map (db m74928) HM
East Windsor
Separated from Old Windsor and constituted a township on the “second Thursday of May A.D. 1768”. In this area was the Nortin Society of Old Windsor, organized in May 1752. Ferry service established by John Bissell in 1641 . . . — — Map (db m113964) HM
In Tribute to Those Men and Women of This Community Who Nobly Answered Their Country’s Call by Patriotic Service In All Her Wars Beginning With The Founding of The American Colonies.
Dedicated May 30, 1938 by Barry - Poulter Post No 40 . . . — — Map (db m114599) WM
Site of
Constitutional Oak
Commemorating the Connecticut Constitutional
Convention of 1902
Presented to Harold A. Middleton East Windsor Delegate
Erected by East Windsor Historical Society 1966 — — Map (db m113970) HM
For Democacy
Erected in Memory of Our Boys in the Town of
East Windsor, Conn. Who, in the Time of Out Country’s
Need, Willingly Laid Aside Their Duties to Enter
The World War Offering Their Lives and Sacred
Honor On the Altars of Our . . . — — Map (db m113957) WM
Spirit of Unity
Time Capsule
To be Opened June 10, 2092
Dedicated June 10, 1992
To the People
of
East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington
Who united in purpose on June 10, 1991 to oppose
the siting of a radioactive dump in order to . . . — — Map (db m113960) HM
This Memorial Erected
In Honor of the Men and Women
Of Hazardville, Who Served
Their Country in The Armed
Forces Preserving Our
Freedom and Our Way of Life
During World War II — — Map (db m113855) WM
This Flagpole Erected In Memory Of
SFC Lawrence A. Dufraine
May 27, 1968 — Aug. 1, 2004
Dedicated May 27, 2006
By His Family and Friends — — Map (db m113857) WM
Enfield
Settled 1680
Established as the township of Enfield, 1683, this area was part of the Springfield Plantation granted to William Pynchon and others by the Massachusetts General Court. Springfield was settled in 1636, but no effectual grants . . . — — Map (db m113909) HM
This Space is Dedicated to The Veterans of Our Community Who Served The Nation In Time of Danger
This We’ll Defend · Semper Fidelis · Don’t Tread On Me · Aim High Fly-Fight-Win · Semper Paratus · Acta Non Verba
Some Are With Us Still
Many . . . — — Map (db m113880) WM
In Memory
Of the Men of Enfield
Who
On Land and Sea
Periled Their Lives
For Union
And Liberty, 1861-1865.
Erected by The
Town of Enfield
A.D. 1885.
( east face )
Roll of Honor
Killed in Battle
Maj. Theo. H. Rockwood · . . . — — Map (db m113882) WM
This Memorial Erected In Honor Of
The Men and Women of This Community
Who Served Their Country In the
Armed Forces Preserving Our Freedom
And Our Way Of Life
To The Memory Of Those Who Served
In The Global War On Terror
Those Who Paid . . . — — Map (db m113858) WM
Enfield, Connecticut
World War II Honor Roll
( 2,246 names are inscibed. These have stars next to their name, indicating that they gave their lives. )
Arrowsmith, John W. Jr. · August, Kenneth E. · Austin, David T. · Bannon, Edmund . . . — — Map (db m113928) WM
Near this site the first church building in Enfield was erected by pioneer settlers in 1684.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113886) HM
To Honor the Memory of the Founders of the Town of Enfield. Who led by John Pease, Jr. and his Brother Robert made the First Settlement in 1680.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113885) HM
Thomas Abbey Born April 11, 1731. Died June 3, 1811.
A soldier in the French and Indian Wars. Took part in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, 1758, and the conquest of Canada, 1761. Corporal First Regiment, Connecticut Troops, May 25 to . . . — — Map (db m113925) HM WM
American Board of Commissioners
For Foreign Missions
Here, on September 5, 1810, in the parsonage of the Reverend Noah Porter, minister of the Congregational Church of Farmington, Connecticut, the American Board Of Commissioners for . . . — — Map (db m33015) HM
The Unionville Feeder Canal joined the Farmington Canal here, providing the water from Granby to New Haven. You are standing on the “Long Level”, 26 miles without a lock. 1828-1847. — — Map (db m92153) HM
On January 16, 1640 the Connecticut General Court empowered a committee to "view those parts by Vnxus Sepus wch may be suitable" for settlement. Soon afterward a small group of families traveled nine miles westward over the hills from . . . — — Map (db m33066) HM
Known in the 1800’s as “the hub” of Connecticut’s Underground Railroad, Farmington was home to an active group of prominent and outspoken abolitionists, several of whom were involved in state, national and international anti-slavery . . . — — Map (db m95984) HM
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