American Liberty Elm
Dedicated by the Derby Historical
Society July 10, 2002
on the 250th Anniversary of the
Birth of General David Humphreys
1752 – 1818
Sponsored by
The City of Ansonia — — Map (db m25567) HM
Here the first settlers came in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby. It is now part of the City of Ansonia, incorporated in 1889.
South of this green is the home of General David Humphreys who, as aide-de-camp to General George . . . — — Map (db m25564) HM
[ Center Panel ]
Lest We Forget This memorial is dedicated by the grateful citizens of the City of Ansonia to preserve and honor the memory of all those brave men and women who served our country so selflessly in time of conflict.
. . . — — Map (db m25537) WM
In observance of the U.S. Bicentennial, Elizabeth Clarke Hull Chapter NSDAR marks the site of a Charter Oak seedling given to the City of Ansonia Oct. 27, 1966, by former Mayor Frank P. Fitzpatrick
May 15, 1976 — — Map (db m25407) HM
[Marker Front]: To The Memory
Of These Pupils of The
Elm Street School
Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
For Their Country During
The World War
This Monument Is Dedicated
William F. Bresnahan 18th. Inf. 1st. Div, . . . — — Map (db m25566) HM
Pork Hollow. Near this spot where hidden military stores belonging to the army of the Revolution during Tryons raid through Connecticut. — — Map (db m29526) HM
The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639. Northern boundary of Milford was Beacon Hill Brook, separating the hunting grounds of the Paugasuck and Tunxis Indians. In 1675 the land became part of Derby. . . . — — Map (db m21932) HM
In 1738 Amity Parish in New Haven and Milford, including most of present-day Woodbridge and Bethany, was incorporated by the General Assembly of Connecticut Colony. The earliest schoolhouse was built in 1750 in the northern half of Amity Parish. It . . . — — Map (db m22566) HM
To the Memory of Those Citizens of Bethany Who Left Home With the Armed Forces In Defense of This Nation Erected by Beletzky - Hoppe VFW Post 2448 — — Map (db m22567) WM
[ left panel ]
Harold Durley USMC 1961 – 1964 George D Vaill Sr USN WWII Timothy L Vaill USN Vietnam George D Vaill Jr. USAF Vietnam Ernest Russell USA Korea Harold E Lineweber USA Korea Marcel J Lamy USA Korea George P . . . — — Map (db m152578) HM
Branford
In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the English fashion" to the Mattabesec Indians for land known as Totokett (Tidal River). The First permanent settlement was . . . — — Map (db m35588) HM
Branford
To Her Brave Sons
Who Fought In The War
Of The Rebellion
1861 – 1865
One Country – One Flag
GAR
1885
[ battle names inscribed on the column ]
Antietam Fredericksburg Shiloh Gettysburg Vicksburg . . . — — Map (db m35645) HM
In Memory of Those Who Served
Those Who Were Disabled In Service
And Those Who Gave Their Lives In
World War II and the Korean Conflict
Vietnam — — Map (db m35587) WM
In the early 1800's, the Farmington Canal was built between Northampton and New haven; Irish immigrants dug the canal by hand.
The Canal (sic) locks controlled the flow of the water to compensate for the slope of the land. Farmers living nearby . . . — — Map (db m27567) HM
This old stone was brought from the center of Prospect early in 1899 by a group of Cheshire young men to serve as a “Stepping Stone” for those attending the church which then stood on the east edge of the present green. — — Map (db m48429) HM
Settled in 1695 as Wallingford “West Farms”, this area obtained status as the village of New Cheshire in 1723. It was incorporated as a town in 1780. Cheshire became famous for its agricultural productivity and light manufacturing. . . . — — Map (db m22371) HM
[South face] Lincoln [North face] Foote [ Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ] [East plaque] Erected to The Memory of Those Who Enlisted From The Town of Cheshire in The Civil War 1861 – 1865 Capt. Timothy Guilford Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m22380) HM
On This Tablet Are Inscribed The Honored Names Of the Men of Cheshire Who Went Forth To Fight in the Great War For Humanity and Justice 1917 – 1919
Wilbur W. Adkins Richard H. Atwood Earle W. Barnes George S. Barton William H. . . . — — Map (db m22403) HM
The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” Dedicated May 26, 1996
Alfred C. Adinolfi, U.S. Air Force, Chairman and Town Councilman
S. Kenneth Baril, U.S. Army Harold Mosher, U.S. Army John White, U.S. Navy Henry E. . . . — — Map (db m22456) HM
[ Right tablet ]
Roll of Honor
Employees Of
Birmingham Iron Foundry
Who Served Their Country
In the World War
1917 – 1919
Dominick Ferrazzoli J. Kanconvitch August Romagnoli Theodore V. Busk Joseph . . . — — Map (db m25608) HM
[Marker front]: Birthplace of two distinguished wartime heroes
General David Humphreys, aide-de-camp to General George Washington, accepted the British colors at the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. Friend of both Washington and . . . — — Map (db m25568) HM
[ West Face ] In
Memory of The
Men of Derby and Huntington
Who Fell
In the Service of Their Country
In The
War of the Rebellion
1861 – 1865
As
Defenders of Liberty And
Nationality Gettysburg
[ South . . . — — Map (db m25384) HM
Dedicated to Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice and Advanced the American Ideals of Liberty and the Brotherhood of Man
Korea
James Ellingwood Towle 1st Lt. U.S.A.F.
Vietnam
Norman Edward Dawson Jr. P.F.C. U.S.M.C. George Albert Kurtyka . . . — — Map (db m25404) WM
[ West Face ]
Dedicated To The Memory
Veterans
Derby, Conn.
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam
[ Northwest Face ]
Always Faithful
[ Southwest Face ]
This Well Defend
[ Northeast . . . — — Map (db m25386) WM
Bronze Bell
Presented to the Town of East Haven
Commemorating American Bicentennial
1776 – 1976
By the Exchange Club of East Haven
It Served the Christ Church Congregation
From 1848 to 1964
Also Presented By
East Haven . . . — — Map (db m35583) HM
This area, purchased by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton in 1638, was later known as East Farms. It was obtained from Indian sachems Momaugin and Mantowese. In 1639 Thomas Gregson, the first landowner, purchased Solitary Cove, . . . — — Map (db m35312) HM
Town of East Haven
Connecticut
This flagpole was dedicated to the residents of the Town
of East Haven on Charter Day May 10, 1985 in observance
of the 200th Anniversary of the Town Incorporation and
granting of its Charter.
Mayor . . . — — Map (db m35582) HM
This Tribute
To The Worth of Her Sons
Who Have By Land and Sea
Offered Their Lives In Defense of Their Country
Is Erected by The Citizens of East Haven
Dedicated 1911
Rededicated 1990
By East Haven Historical Society and
Economic . . . — — Map (db m35557) HM
Keep Forever
Living The
Freedos For
Which They
Served
Let None Forget
They Gave Their All
And Faltered Not
When Came The Call
Erected By
East Haven Town Green
Restoration Committee
American Legion Post 89
American Legion . . . — — Map (db m35555) WM
1941 1945
East Haven
World War II Memorial
In Loving Memory of Our Sons
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
Sisto A. Aldieri Frederic N. Burdette John E. Cox Thomas N. Fenney Joseph Ferraiolo Richard J. Fox Kenneth H. Hall . . . — — Map (db m35552) HM
East Haven
World War Memorial
Not In Vain They Served
1917
1918
These Gave Their Lives
Harry R. Bartlett
Cortland V. Birdsell
William Corcoran
John B. Healey
John Liedke — — Map (db m35556) HM
Marquis de Lafayette
1757 1834
General in the Continental Army
Camped Here With 2800 Troops
Enroute to Rhode Island
July 26 and 27, 1778
dedicated here by
CT Society Sons of the American Revolution
General David Humphries Branch . . . — — Map (db m35581) HM
1774 Old Stone Meeting House 1974
George Landcraft – Designer
Oldest Stone Meeting House in New England
1711 founding of church – Jacob Hemingway first student of Yale, first pastor of church. 1772 started construction. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m35584) HM
This is the Site Of
The Theodore Roosevelt Oak
Given by The
President of The United States
To the Town of East Haven
On May 1, 1908
Erected by
The East Haven Women's Club
1965 — — Map (db m35580) HM
1643 1702
On this site lived Andrew Leete, principal preserver of the Charter of Conn. from usurper Sir Edmund Andross, 1687, member of the Conn. General Court granting charter to Yale College 1701 — — Map (db m57125) HM
Guilford
This town, the seventh oldest in Connecticut, was founded in 1639 by an oppressed but optimistic band of English Puritans. Henry Whitfield, a minister in Ockley, near London, was the moving spirit behind their emigration. About forty of . . . — — Map (db m57225) HM
In Memory Of The Members
Of The United States Armed Forces
Who Served In The
Korean War
June 25, 1950
July 27, 1953
“Freedom Is Not Free” — — Map (db m57126) WM
In Memory Of All
The Revolutionary Soldiers
Of Guilford, Connecticut.
Placed By
Agnes Dickinson Lee Chapter
Daughters Of The American Revolution
1940 — — Map (db m57224) HM
In Memory Of
The Men Of Guilford
Who Fell
And In Honor Of Those Who Served
The Grateful Town Erects This Monument.
That Their Example May Spread To Coming Generations
Uriah N. Parmelee 1st Cav Henry B. Bullard 1st Lt Bat . . . — — Map (db m56941) HM
Vietnam
Each peaceful dawn in this place
we are reminded of these men
who died for their country
Stephen J. Brennan P.F.C.
Ara. Crosby Jr. W.O.
Frederick W. Dauten Jr. Maj.
Dedicated May 28, 1984
Town of Guilford Conn.
God . . . — — Map (db m57124) HM
1917 1918
In Honor of Our Men and Women
Who Served in the World War
John R. Alcorn Murrie Alcorn Elmer Anderson Elmore Ashman Frank E. Barlow David B. Beattie John B. Beattie Clyde G. Beckwith Henry S. Beers George V. Bishop . . . — — Map (db m57123) HM
World War II
1941 – 1945
John C. Rebuzzini, W.T. 1st C. U.S.N. Edward A. Norton, Pvt. U.S.A. Donald C. Rood, P.F.C. U.S.A. Pascoe C. Deaton, 1st Lt. U.S.A.A.F. Leroy W. Scranton, Jr. MM. 3rd C. U.S.N. Nicholas J. Gervasoni, T. . . . — — Map (db m57420) HM
Home of Nathaniel Elliot nephew of the Reverend Jared Elliot 1685-1763, Yale 1706 physician, botanist, agriculturist – friend of Benjamin Franklin — — Map (db m57422) HM
The Town of Hamden gratefully accepts the donation of the Campanile and the electronic Carillon by the children of Philip Paolella in honor of Ciro Paolella, founder and president of the Plasticrete Corporation.
Born in Italy, . . . — — Map (db m28699) HM
On this site in 1798, Eli Whitney established the first manufactory for the production of fire arms in the United States. Here he invented and used the uniformity system of manufacture now adopted throughout the world. — — Map (db m28744) HM
ASM International - The Materials Information Society - has designated the Eli Whitney Armory an historical landmark. "On this site between 1798 and 1825, Eli Whitney built the first significant independent American armory. The development of . . . — — Map (db m28750) HM
Hamden
Incorporated in 1786, this town was originally part of New Haven and was named for John Hampden, noted English statesman. In 1798, at the foot of Lake Whitney, Eli Whitney pioneered in the use of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of . . . — — Map (db m28696) HM
The Freedom Tree
With The Vision of Universal Freedom
For All Mankind
This Tree Is Dedicated By
The Citizens of Hamden
To All
Prisoners Of War
And
Missing In Action
1972 — — Map (db m28698) HM
Commissioned in 1809 by U.S. President Madison, Frederick Lee served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service until 1829, providing security for the New Haven port and protection of American Ships on Long Island Sound. On October 10, 1814, while the East . . . — — Map (db m66474) HM WM
In memory for the life of Dianne Bullis Snyder, Flight Attendant American Airlines Flight 11, Sept 11, 2001-February 12, 1959-September 11, 2001.To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die. — — Map (db m66473) HM
Born April 3, 1766 Married Anna Fowler Captain Lees Portrait-painted by General Kosciusko 1797 Captain of U.S. Revenue Cutter Eagle War 1812 Lee Academy built 1821 Hosted Marquis De Lafayette 1824 Named our town Madison 1826 First town . . . — — Map (db m66476) HM
Fourth President of the United States-Father of the Constitution-Author of the Bill of Rights-Madison Connecticut Incorporated 1826 — — Map (db m66472) HM
Founded by Captain Frederick Lee and other pillars of the community as a privately funded co-educational institution for higher education, Lees Academy provided students with a level of instruction beyond the basic rudimentary subjects available in . . . — — Map (db m66475) HM
This area, formerly part of Guilford and known as East Guilford, was first settled about 1650 on land bought from the Nehantic and Mohegan Indians in 1641. With population increasing, settlers here sought separate parishes and the Society of East . . . — — Map (db m66459) HM
The people of the town of Madison dedicated this memorial to its citizens who answered their nation's call to arms. Their sacrifice helped keep his nation free with special affection we honor those who gave their lives that we all may live in . . . — — Map (db m66470) WM
This monument is dedicated to the citizens of Madison who have served our nation in the Armed Services since 1975. Their dedication to service in numerous conflicts, campaigns, and operations continues to protect our liberty, freedom and way of . . . — — Map (db m66461) WM
Erected in memory of all patriots of Madison (then east Guilford) who served in the War of Independence that this nation might be free. — — Map (db m66460) HM WM
Erected to honor those of Madison, Conn. who answered their country's call and gave their services for the great cause of liberty — — Map (db m66471) WM
1775 — 1976
This Monument Is Placed
On This Green By The
Members Of The
Silver City Detachment
Marine Corps League
Of Meriden In The Year
1976, To Honor All
U. S. Marines On The
201st Anniversary
Of The Marine Corps . . . — — Map (db m27290) HM
Abraham Lincoln in search of the nomination for the presidence addressed a ralley in the Town Hall of Meriden - March 7, 1860
" – and that government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." . . . — — Map (db m27288) HM WM
The 30 to 40 boys buried on this site were forgotten children of their time. Delinquent, orphaned or abandoned they came to live at the Connecticut School for Boys, a reform school that occupied these grounds from the early 1800s until 1973. The . . . — — Map (db m26508) HM
[ west side left panel ]
Abel, Arnold T. Abrams, Charles E. Adams, Armand E. Adams, Harry P. Adams, Joseph Adaszkiewicz, Ignatius Affeldt, Albert A. Affeldt, John E. Affeldt, Joseph M. Aichler, Stanley J. Alderman, . . . — — Map (db m27285) HM
[ inscribed on the obelisk in the center of the pavilion ]
Dedicated To Those
Who Have Made
The Supreme
Sacrifice
Off. Milton Hodder Hamden 04/22/1943
Tpr./Trn. Stanley C. Heilberg C.S.P. 06/01/1929
Lt. Paul J. . . . — — Map (db m26504) HM
[Plaque on the south side]:
Count Casimir Pulaski
“Father of the American Cavalry”
Born in Poland 1747; came to America 1777, entering as a volunteer; distinguished himself at Battle of Brandywine, promoted to the Rank . . . — — Map (db m26589) HM
Cristoforo
Colombo
1492 500 1992
“In search for a better tomorrow,
we must discover today.”
Presented to
the people of Meriden, Connecticut
by
Unison Club
October 12th, . . . — — Map (db m26640)
Hubbard Park was a gift to the City of Meriden from industrialist and philanthropist Walter Hubbard in 1901. Consulting with landscape architect John Olmstead, son of Frederick law Olmstead, designer of New York's Central Park, Mr. Hubbard relied . . . — — Map (db m33632) HM
[Marker front]:
1661 – Meriden area first settled when Jonathan Gilbert is granted land by Connecticut Colony and employs Edward Higbee to operate an inn.
1670 – Greater part of present-day Meriden lands placed under . . . — — Map (db m26594) HM
In memory
of
the citizens
of Meriden
who answered
their
countrys call
Vietnam
1961 – 1975
Earl Bauchmann Michael Chmura Albert Christy Wayne Cyr Louis Dagle Richard Hensley Edward Jurek Frank . . . — — Map (db m26598) WM
To The Memory Of
Our Fellow Citizens
Who Died
In Defense of the Government. 1861 – 65
Erected 1873
[ battle names on the column ]
Antietam Gettysburg Vicksburg Fort Fisher Appomattox Atlanta New Berne . . . — — Map (db m27336) HM
This memorial presented by the City of Meriden to the veterans of the Spanish American War
Company L., First Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry.
Bowen, Charles B. Jones, Delbert R. Keeney, Raymond G. Abel, Alfred A. Abel, Arthur A. . . . — — Map (db m26601) HM
Dedicated To
The Memory of Those
From Meriden Who Made
The Supreme Sacrifice
In the Service Of
Their Country During
The World War
1917 ––– 1918
[ Soldiers names are listed on the central column . . . — — Map (db m26637) HM
Erected on September 21, 1925, Meridens Traffic Tower was an innovative traffic control device designed to provide safe travel for the vehicles and pedestrians of the growing city. The unique character of the tower quickly made it a local . . . — — Map (db m26642) HM
Length 78 feet – width 16 feet
Listed on the Register of
Historic Places
by the U.S. Department of
the Interior,
National Park Service
Erected in 1891
by
the Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Red Bridge is of lenticular pony truss . . . — — Map (db m26587) HM
The Patriots
whose names this tablet bears
and whose remains rest in
this burial ground
assisted in establishing American
independence by their
wervice in the War of the
American Revolution
Archelaus Allen Stephen Atwater James . . . — — Map (db m26588) 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 m27286) HM
City of Meriden
World War II Roll of Honor
[ The memorial consists of twelve bronze tablets. 5,280 names are listed. A small plaque labeled “Omissions” lists 102 additional names. ] [ The 144 names listed below . . . — — Map (db m26913) HM
Castle Craig
Dedicated october 29, 1900
Castle Craig Tower stands 32 feet high on 976 foot East Peak in Meriden's Olmstead designed Hubbard Park. It has the distinction of being the highest point within 25 miles of the coast from Maine to . . . — — Map (db m33628) HM
At the site of Perrotti's West Street Pizza & Pub the trolley passed under Route 188 and then was moved from its original site at Westover School in 1908. The Bissell Store became the Ferrante and Delaney Store and was destroyed by fire in 1940. . . . — — Map (db m29487) HM
This old house was once part of the Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm. The family of Samuel and Sarah Fenn owned it from 1887 to 1923. This house was purchased by the Blick Family in 1936 and the Middlebury Garage was established in 1937. The house . . . — — Map (db m29491) HM
356 entries matched your criteria. The first 100 are listed above. Next 100 ⊳
