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Historical Markers and War Memorials in New Haven County, Connecticut
Adjacent to New Haven County, Connecticut
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | The trolley bed was located where we now have the Greenway Trail.
The picture was taken in 1910. it was common for trolley companies to build and operate recreation facilities to provide a passenger base for the line. The Amusement Park was such . . . — — Map (db m29496) HM |
| |
The name of the town derives from the central
position its meeting house occupies, six
miles from three older neighbors, Waterbury,
Southbury and Woodbury.
Winter ecclesiastical privileges, permitting
local church services, were . . . — — Map (db m19689) HM |
| | Westover School located across from the Green was once the location of the original Blacksmith Shop. It was later relocated to Store Rd. near the spot where the old trolley waiting room was once located. The blacksmith shop has a long history dating . . . — — Map (db m29530) HM |
| | Middlebury Honors Those Who Have Served
In The Wars Of Their Country
French – Indian War
Abner Munson
Revolutionary War
David Abbott, Benjamin Bemont, Aaron Benedict, Enos Benham, Samuel Benham, Edward Blackman, Michael Bowers, . . . — — Map (db m29503) WM |
| |
In this vicinity
French Troops under
Rochambeau
enroute to Yorktown
encamped during June 1781
Erected by the state
and
Mattatuck Branch,
Sons Amer. Rev.
Cooperating — — Map (db m19690) HM |
| | On this site in 1949 the volunteers of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, using donated and salvaged materials, built a fire station on land donated by the Vaszauskas family.
Pictured are the original 1941 Ford LaFrance, 1947 International . . . — — Map (db m29532) HM |
| | The Trolley Line, which serviced passengers from Waterbury to Middlebury and then on to Woodbury, also carried ice and produce.
During the winter months, 200,000 pounds of ice was harvested at Lake Quassapaug and carried by trolley to Waterbury. . . . — — Map (db m29494) HM |
| | A Connecticut
Minuteman’s Homestead
At 139 North Street lived Revolutionary War “Minuteman” John Downs (1745 – 1819). A “minuteman” was a patriot who, with the local militia, would respond quickly to an alarm. With . . . — — Map (db m56917) HM |
| | Memoriam
The
Milford Fire Co.
Founded
On This Site
May 23, 1838
Arctic Engine Co. No. 1
1838 1938 — — Map (db m26326) HM |
| | Site of Store
In Which Was
Located An
Early Post Office
1824 - 1841 — — Map (db m54715) HM |
| | This historical site is identified with three markers. On the Eells-Stow house is a wooden marker that reads:
Eells – Stow House
Circa 1700
Home of Samuel Eells and
Captain Stephen and Freelove
Baldwin Stow. 1752 . . . — — Map (db m26439) HM |
| | George W. Baird
Medal of Honor
Brig General US Army
Indian Wars
Dec 13 1839 Nov 28 1906 — — Map (db m54720) HM |
| | Near This Site Stood
The Home Of
Jonathan Law
Governor And
Deputy Governor
Of Connecticut
1714 - 1750 — — Map (db m54718) HM |
| | Near this site stood
The home of Robert Treat
A founder of Milford
Deputy Governor and Governor
Of Connecticut 1676 – 1708
Founder of Newark, New Jersey
1665 - 1672 — — Map (db m56918) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m26441) HM |
| | Site of
King’s Bridge - 1711
connecting
Peacocke Lane (Maple Street)
to Governor’s Lane (Avenue)
Freelove Baldwin Stow Chapter
D.A.R.
July 4, 1962 — — Map (db m26331) HM |
| | Near This Site The
Early Settlers Landed
Their Tools Utensils And
Building Materials
For The Common House
August 1639 — — Map (db m54719) HM |
| | History of Liberty Rock
Liberty Rock as we call it today was one known as “Hog Rock”. With a little imagination, the rock appears to be in the shape of a hog. Somewhere in the rock can be found the imprint of a hog’s foot.
The . . . — — Map (db m26308) HM |
| | [ east side of the column ]
This Bridge Dedicated
On the 300th Anniversary
Of the Settlement Of
The Town of Milford
A Memorial to Three
Milford Men Who Were
Governors of the Colony
and
State Of Connecticut
[ north side . . . — — Map (db m26445) HM |
| | Milestone
On Original Boston
Post Road
Set By Order Of
Benj Franklin
Postmaster General
1735 — — Map (db m26327) HM |
| | This area was settled in 1639 as an independent colony by a congregation of English Puritans led by their minister, the Reverend Peter Prudden. Land was purchased from Ansantawae, a sachem of the Paugusset Indians and originally named Wepewaug. It . . . — — Map (db m26324) HM |
| | [ southeast side ]
“We mourn the fallen,
We grieve for the missing,
We celebrate the return of
Our valiant men and women”
[ northeast side ]
Vietnam 1961 – 1973
[ southwest side ]
. . . — — Map (db m26309) WM |
| | [ panel 1 ]
In Grateful Remembrance
World War II 1941 – 1945
and
Korean Conflict 1950
Adams, Thomas D. •
Allison, Eli
[ panel 2 ]
Almquist, Edward F. • Anderson, Christian A. Jr. • Anderson, James H. • . . . — — Map (db m26312) WM |
| | ( stones on the large north west tower )
In Memoriam
Robert Treat
For Thirty Years
Governour & Deputy Gov.
of the Colony of
Connecticut
Obit - 1710
Ansantawae
His Mark
1639
Memorial Committee
G.A. Tomlinson P.S. . . . — — Map (db m72854) HM |
| | [ south side ]
Milford Remembers
New York City
Erected by the People of Milford, Connecticut in memory of the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. With special . . . — — Map (db m26336) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m26325) HM |
| | This bell obtained by Arctic Engine Company, No. 1, in 1887, served as the City of Milford’s first fire alarm warning system from 1887 into the 1930’s.
It summoned the town’s volunteer firemen to the call of duty when an emergency arose. It was . . . — — Map (db m26314) HM |
| | [ south side plaque ]
Our Honored Dead
May Every Generation
Of Young Americans Be Given
Power to Translate Their Lives In
Terms of Sacrifice for Mankind
List of Milford Dead
Blackhall, Geo B. • Clark, Charles S. . . . — — Map (db m26395) HM |
| | Dedicated To All Who Served
1941 1945
World War II — — Map (db m26315) HM |
| | Somewhere in the adjacent cemetery lies the unmarked grave of Peter Pond, a veteran of the French and Indian War, fur trader, explorer and cartographer born in Milford. He helped organize expeditions west of the Great Lakes. He became . . . — — Map (db m54721) HM |
| | Across this harbor, on January 1, 1777, a British ship flying a flag of truce, put ashore 200 American Revolutionary War prisoners, all desperately ill with smallpox. The people of Milford made accomodations to shelter them, using the town hall as . . . — — Map (db m80398) HM |
| | Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine
The Explorer, completed in 1936, was the last boat built by the pioneering submarine designer and builder, Simon Lake. The Explorer was intended strictly for research and salvage and was linked to a mother ship . . . — — Map (db m27896) HM |
| | [ North Side ]
A Tribute
To the Memory of the Men
Who Risked Their Lives That
The Nation Might Live
1861-1865
[ South Side ]
Erected By
George Van Horn Post
No. 39. G.A.R.
And Friends [ Battle . . . — — Map (db m26311) HM |
| | Near this site stood
the first Meeting House
erected in Milford
1641 — — Map (db m26330) HM |
| | The Regicides
Whalley
and
Goffe
Were Hidden In
A House
Located on This Site
Presented by
The Class of '37
Milford High School — — Map (db m54716) HM |
| | Roll Of Honor
American Legion Home
Naugatuck Post No 17
This Building Is Dedicated
To The Memory Of These Men
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War II
And
In Honor Of
The Men And Women Of Naugatuck
Who Served In The Armed . . . — — Map (db m83094) WM |
| | (Front)
These lands were settled in 1702 by Samuel Hickox, Jr. of Mattatuck, now called Waterbury. Eight years later he began operation of a fulling mill, the first of many and diverse industries to follow. The earliest school was built . . . — — Map (db m23917) HM |
| | [ east face ]
Victory is Consecrated by a Righteous Peace
[ north face ]
In Time of Peril the State is Fortified by Discipline Learned in Peace
[ south face ]
Armed and Resolute Might . . . — — Map (db m23961) HM |
| | [ East face ]
Erected by the Citizens of
Naugatuck
A.D. 1885.
In Memory of Her Sons
Who Fought to Maintain
The Union
1861-1865.
[ North face ]
The Deeds of Those
Who Died in Defense
Of the Government . . . — — Map (db m23920) HM |
| | Naugatuck Honors the Men and Women who Served Their Country in Time of Need
[ Center panel ]
Vietnam
Alho, Antonio L. • Brewer, Samuel A. • Carney, James P. • Fabrisi, Pail E. • Holland, Joseph P. • Schultz, John P. . . . — — Map (db m23918) WM |
| | In Honor Of
The Employees Of
Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove
Manufacturing Company
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – . . . — — Map (db m83083) WM |
| | In Honor Of
The Employees Of
Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe
Company
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – 1919
Samuel W.K. . . . — — Map (db m83084) WM |
| | In Honor Of
The Employees Of
United States Rubber Company
• Jersey Factory •
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – . . . — — Map (db m83085) WM |
| | [ south side ]
“Make Us Free”
This monument is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque. Sengbe Pieh was one of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and . . . — — Map (db m48428) HM |
| | Erected
In Memory Of
Those From The 11th Ward
Who Sacrificed Their Lives
For Their Country
During World War II
1950
Acampora, Albert • Aldieri, Sisto • Amorone, Benny • Arminio, John • Celio, Victor • Celone, Samuel • Corato, Peter • . . . — — Map (db m35310) HM |
| | In Recogition Of Their Service In The War Against Terrorism
1st Battalion 102d Infantry
Serving the New Haven area since 1638
These gave their lives defending our freedom
May God bless them
Sgt Felix Delgreco, 9 April 2004
Spc Robert . . . — — Map (db m93215) WM |
| | In Honor And Memory Of
Those Who Served In The
World War
From the 32-nd. Ward
1914 – 1918
The Following Paid The
Supreme Sacrifice.
Charles E. Leigh. • Arthur R. Newell. • Matthew W. Sullivan. • Paul G. Oberle. • Christian . . . — — Map (db m35534) HM |
| | 9th Regt. Conn. Vol.
1861 – 1865
[ battle names inscribed around the base ]
New Orleans • Baton Rouge • Cedar Creek • Fishers Hill
[ west plaque ]
Died In Service U.S.
Co. A
Sergt. Coote Charles • Sergt. Scully . . . — — Map (db m35308) HM |
| | A Quinnipiac Indian
family walks to the
harbor to meet the English
newcomers – April 24, 1638
as their way of life
changes forever
Montowese • Sawseunek • Momaugin • Sugcogisin • Quesaquaush • Carroughood • Weesaucuck • . . . — — Map (db m35535) HM |
| | Amos Beebe Eaton
Brigadier and Commissary-General U.S. Army
Born May 12 1806
Died February 21 1877
[ back ]
Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1826
He served in the Black Hawk and Seminole Wars.
Through . . . — — Map (db m49583) HM |
| | On this spot a signal beacon
was established in 1775
and about this hill
American patriots
bravely resisted a large force
of invading British troops
July 5, 1779
To honor the deeds of the Fathers
Rising above the location of this sign . . . — — Map (db m35735) HM |
| | Benjamin Eli Smith AM LHD
Editor of the
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
By his plan and under his direction work upon the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia was begun in 1882 refusing then the title of Editor he was authorized to engage Prof. . . . — — Map (db m51853) HM |
| | [ north side ]
Benjamin Silliman
Youngest Son Of
Gold Selleck & Mary
Silliman
Of Fairfield
Born Aug 8, 1779
Died Nov. 24, 1864
During Fifty Years
A Teacher Of Science
In Yale College
Through Life
And Earnest Trustful . . . — — Map (db m50914) HM |
| | Black Rock Fort
Here on July 5, 1779, eighteen men under Lieutenant Daniel Bishop stood in defense of New Haven against a British fleet commanded by Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces commanded by Major General William Tryon. When . . . — — Map (db m35730) HM |
| | In Memory of the Regicide
Col Edward Whalley
Son of Richard Whalley Esq a member of Parliament in the last days of Queen Elizabeth and first cousin of Oliver Cromwell. A stalwart Puritan he rose to high command in the Civil Wars. He was the . . . — — Map (db m34822) HM |
| | In Memory of the Regicide
Col William Goffe
A member of the High Court of Justice which in 1649 tried and condemned King Charles 1st of England and a signer of the kings death warrant. He served with distinction in the Parliamentary Army and in . . . — — Map (db m34817) HM |
| | Dedicated
To The Memory Of
Col. Decius Wadsworth
A Native Of
Farmington In This State
And Late Chief
Of The
Ordnance Department
In The Army Of The
United States
Who
Having Served His Country
Faithfully
And Without Reproach . . . — — Map (db m50913) HM |
| | Dedicated to All Men and Women Wounded in All Our Wars
Combat Wounded Veterans
Military Order of the Purple Heart
1782 1932
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.
If I could be . . . — — Map (db m93211) WM |
| | [ marker at the east end of the building ]
In This Hall
Was The Room Of
Nathan Hale
Of The Class Of
1773
[ marker at the west end of the building ]
Connecticut Hall
Corner Stone Laid
1750
--------
Restored By . . . — — Map (db m34838) HM |
| | [ inscription on the column ]
Erected by
The Joint Contributions of
The State of Connecticut
and
The Veteran Associations
of the
Conn. Light Battery and
6th, 7th and 10th Conn. Vols.
As a Sacred and Perpetual
Memorial to . . . — — Map (db m34891) HM |
| | This memorial is erected in honor of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell a citizen of New Haven to whose faith persistence and patriotism the country is indebted for the construction of the Monitor from plans by John Ericsson The Monitor . . . — — Map (db m32940) HM |
| | Corporal
Timothy Francis Ahearn
D-S-C
Company C 102 Us Infantry
Twenty Sixth Division
1898 – 1925
He Best Exemplified The
Spirit Of The Enlisted Men
Of The Yankee Division
[ north side ]
Near Verdun, France on . . . — — Map (db m35724) HM |
| | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, MD 1857
1833 – 1900
Physician
Son of John and Vashti Duplex Creed
Graduate of the New Haven Lancasterian School
First African American Graduate of Yale
First African American to earn an MD from an . . . — — Map (db m49582) HM |
| | [ west side ]
David Humphreys
Doctor of Laws
Member Of
The Academy of Sciences
In Philadelphia
Massachusetts
and
Connecticut
A Member of the Bath
And West of England Society
And Fellow of the Royal Society . . . — — Map (db m48654) HM |
| | Here July 5, 1779 citizens of New Haven with cannon prevented an invading British Army from crossing West River and thereby saved the town from destruction — — Map (db m17289) HM |
| | 1797 1897
Dei Gratia
This tablet commemorates the completion of a century during which these grounds have been sacred to the memory of the dead. The grave stones preserved with reverent care in the crypt beneath the Center Church, are all that . . . — — Map (db m49362) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m35311) HM |
| | East Shore Park
New Haven, Connecticut
This 90 acre tract was once part of the land the Townsend family purchased in 1798 from the Quinnipiac Indian Tribe. The Townsends harvested salt hay from the tidal marsh, selling it for packing material to . . . — — Map (db m35725) HM |
| | Edward Robinson Smith AM
Sculptor and Curator
Librarian of the Avery Architectual Library
from its Foundation in Columbia University
Born Jan. 3, 1854 in Beirut Syria
Died Mar. 21, 1921
Son of
Eli and Mehitable Simpkins Butler Smith . . . — — Map (db m51860) HM |
| | In Memory Of
Eli Smith DD
Writer and Missionary
Explorer in Persia and Arabia
He Inaugurated the Translation of the Bible
into Arabic
a Graduate of Yale University
Born Sept. 13, 1801 in Northfield Conn
Died Jan. 11, 1857 in Beirut . . . — — Map (db m51854) HM |
| | [ west side ]
Eli Whitney
The inventor of the Cotton Gin.
Of useful science & arts the efficient
patron & improver
[ east side ]
In the social relations of life a model of excellence.
While private affection weeps at his . . . — — Map (db m49602) HM |
| | Near this spot stood the
First
Meeting House
of this
Settlement
1639 –– 1670 — — Map (db m34814) HM |
| | Fort Nathan Hale
Black Rock Fort
Entered the National Register of
Historic Places October 28, 1970 — — Map (db m35726) HM |
| | Fort Wooster Park
Sacred grounds of the Quinnipiac Indians and one of the earliest reservations in the New World Battle site of the American patriots against the British forces during the invasion of New Haven on July 5, 1779 Location of a . . . — — Map (db m35538) HM |
| | In Memory
Major A. Glenn Miller
0505273
U.S. Army Air Force – W.W. II
Born – Clarinda, Iowa –
March 1, 1904
Missing in Action –
Europe, Dec. 15, 1944
1943 – 1944
418th A.A.F.T.T.C. Band – . . . — — Map (db m49708) HM |
| | Grove Street Cemetery
Has Been Designated A
National Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of The
United States of America
Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents . . . — — Map (db m49361) HM |
| | Dedicated to the Veterans
Who Gave Their Lives
In Service to Their Country
May They Rest In Peace
Erected by the Grateful Citizens
Of the City of New Haven
May 27, 1974 Bartholomew F. Guida Mayor — — Map (db m38554) WM |
| | Hezekiah Augur
1791 – 1858
Sculptor
Descendant of settlers
of New Haven Colony
Woodcarver – Inventor
First American Sculptor
A genius upon whom Yale
College conferred the
Honorary Degree of
Master of Arts in 1833 . . . — — Map (db m52017) HM |
| | The original Hillhouse Avenue Bridge was one of fourteen bridges provided by the Farmington Canal Company to carry city streets across the canal. The wooden bridge at this site rested on abutments of unmortared rubble. The New Haven construction . . . — — Map (db m57663) HM |
| | We Remember
The Six Million Jews Who Were
Murdered by the Nazis
During World War II – 1939 – 1945 (5699 – 5705)
Dedicated by The City of New Haven
The New Haven Jewish Federation
[ camp names inscribed on stones . . . — — Map (db m29050) HM |
| | The Effect of Human Actives on Long Island Sound
Humans have inhabited the shores of Long Island Sound for thousands of years. Before European settlement, many Native American tribes lived along the Sound. Now more than 20 million people . . . — — Map (db m107344) HM |
| | In Honor Of
Captain Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
Patriot – Soldier – Martyr
I Only Regret That I Have But
One Life To Lose For My Country — — Map (db m35727) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m34886) HM |
| | In Memory Of
George Pardee
1630 – 1700
Farmer, Ferryman and Teacher
Of Latin and Good Manners
Who First Owned This Land
and of
William Bradley Pardee
1821 – 1893
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this tablet is placed under the will of . . . — — Map (db m35550) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m35424) HM |
| | [ front ]
In Memory of the Men of Yale
who, true to Her Traditions,
gave Their Lives that Freedom
Might not perish from the Earth
1914 – Anno Domini – 1918
[ back ]
Erected by the Graduates of
Yale . . . — — Map (db m34884) HM |
| | In Remembrance
Fa September 3
Tua September 11
Weluwa September 14
Kapeli October 30
Yammoni November 4
Kaba December 31
1839
These Amistad captives who survived the voyage on La Amistad from Cuba to Connecticut, . . . — — Map (db m49363) HM |
| | In Memory Of
Isaac Allerton
c. 1586 – 1659
A Mayflower Pilgrim and Colonial Merchant
Who came to New Haven in 1649
He was Interred in the
Old Burying Ground on the New Haven Green
And was the Only Member of the
Mayflower . . . — — Map (db m38555) HM |
| | Ithiel Town
Architect
Inventor of the lattice truss bridge
Designer and builder of Center
Church and Trinity Church and
other notable buildings in New
Haven. One of the founders of
The National Academy of Design.
Born at Thompson, . . . — — Map (db m49603) HM |
| | In Memory Of
Jedidiah Morse
The Father of American Geography
Born in Woodstock Windham Co. Conn. Aug. 23 1761
Died in New Haven June 9 1826
In the joy of a triumphant faith
In Christ
[ back ]
A graduate of Yale College in 1783 . . . — — Map (db m49584) HM |
| | John Gamble Kirkwood
1907 – 1959
Physical Chemist
S.B. – University of Chicago (1926); Philip.D.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929); Sc.D. (Honors Causa) - University of Chicago (1954) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles . . . — — Map (db m50915) HM |
| | Judges Cave
Here May Fifteenth 1661 and for some weeks thereafter Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, members of the Parliament General, officers in the army of the Commonwealth and signers of the death warrant of King Charles First, . . . — — Map (db m34719) HM |
| | Erected A.D. 1870 by the state of Connecticut to commemorate the services and perpetuate the memory of the two hundred and four Union soldiers who died in the Knight Hospital in New Haven in the years 1862, 3, 4 & 5 and were buried in these grounds. — — Map (db m17600) HM |
| | Memorial Playground
Dedicated
October 2, 1955
This tablet is placed here
in memory of these men who gave
their lives for God and Country
In World War II
Benny Amarone • Michael Accurso • Andrew Carrano • Calvin Dortch • Biagio Dell . . . — — Map (db m35309) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m34734) HM |
| | [ front ]
Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
Class of 1773
[ back ]
A Gift to Yale College
By Graduates and Friends
Anno Domini MCMXIV
[ inscribed around the bronze base of the statue ]
I Only Regret That I . . . — — Map (db m34840) HM |
| | Nathan Smith
Born in
Woodbury, Conn. 1770
Died
At Washington D.C.
Dec. 6, 1835
Senator
of the
United States
From Connecticut
An Eminent Citizen
A Sound Statesman
An Eloquent Advocate
[ east side ]
Sarah McCrackan . . . — — Map (db m52023) HM |
| | Nathaniel William Taylor
Born at New Milford
June 28, 1786
Graduated at Yale College
1807
Ordained Pastor of the First
Church in New Haven 1812.
Elected Dwight Professor of
Didactic Theology in Yale College
1822.
Died March 10, . . . — — Map (db m49600) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m28098) HM |
| | New Haven
Settlement of Quinnipiac, afterward named New Haven, began on April 25, 1638 with the arrival of a large group from London by way of Boston, under the leadership of merchant Theophilus Eaton and the Reverend John Davenport. Later that . . . — — Map (db m34737) HM |
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