Historical Markers and War Memorials in Windham County, Connecticut
Willimantic is the county seat for Windham County
Adjacent to Windham County, Connecticut
New London County(421) ► Tolland County(141) ► Worcester County, Massachusetts(355) ► Kent County, Rhode Island(21) ► Providence County, Rhode Island(332) ►
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On U.S. 44 at Fitts Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 44.
This area, part of the Wabbaquasset Indian country, was deeded to Captain James Fitch of Norwich in 1684 by Owaneco, sachem of the Mohegans. An earlier one having failed to act, a new committee was appointed by the General Assembly in May, 1710 to . . . — — Map (db m93606) HM
In Memory of
Robert W. Hoyt
SPC
U.S. Army
killed in action
December 11, 2004
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Erected by the people of Ashford
to perpetuate the memory of
George Campert Captain U.S.A.A.F. and
Lawrence W. Cushman, SM1/C U.S. . . . — — Map (db m123008) WM
On Canterbury Road (Connecticut Route 169) at U.S. 6, on the right when traveling south on Canterbury Road.
Formerly Mortlake, first settled 1703, made a town on 2nd Thursday of May, 1786. Home of General Israel Putnam prior to and after the Revolution.
Town landmarks include:
Meeting House on the Green, built 1771 by First Ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m93440) HM
On Connecticut Route 169 at U.S. 6, on the right when traveling north on State Route 169.
In the field behind this stone
after the close of the French and Indian Wars,
returning from many expeditions to Ticonderoga, Fort
Edward, Quebec, Montreal, Havana, Detroit, and New Orleans,
lived Col. Israel Putnam.
Here with his wife . . . — — Map (db m93633) HM
On Canterbury Road (Route 169) at Winding Road, on the right when traveling south on Canterbury Road.
Sacred be this monument
to the memory of
Israel Putnam, Esq.
Senior Major General in the Armies
of the United States of America,
who was born at Salem,
in the Province of Massachusetts,
on the 7th day of January,
A.D. 1718
And . . . — — Map (db m123942) HM WM
On Pomfret Road (Connecticut Route 169) at Providence Road (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling south on Pomfret Road.
In Honor of the
Men of
Brooklyn, Connecticut
Who Served in the World War
1917 - 1919
Elbra L. Baker •Ethan E. Baker • Fred Balcom • Frederick J. Beeney • ★ George C. Beeney • Cleon Bell • Matthias L. Vernier • Theophile . . . — — Map (db m187772) WM
400 Feet due East of
this tablet
was the site of the first home of
Israel Putnam
in the Colony of Connecticut
In 1739, he bought 514 ½ acres of the adjacent land
from Governor Belcher at £5.0.0 per acre.
In 1740, here he came . . . — — Map (db m124379) HM
On S Canterbury Road (Connecticut Route 169) at Westminster Road (Connecticut Route 14), on the right when traveling north on S Canterbury Road.
Canterbury
Originally part of Plainfield the town was incorporated in October, 1703. The town area includes the original Quinebaug Plantation of Major James Fitch, son of the Reverend James Fitch of Saybrook Fort, a first settler of Norwich in . . . — — Map (db m140490) HM
Near Westminster Road (Connecticut Route 44) at Municipal Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice
Of the Men and Women of Canterbury
Who Served Our Country In All Wars
French and Indian War 1755 – 1760
Hezekiah Boswell★ · Amos Fassett★ · Jabez Hyde★ · John Searle★ · James . . . — — Map (db m140566) WM
Near Westminster Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Municipal Drive, on the right when traveling east.
World War II
Commemorative Tree
This Eisenhower Green Ash
Was Propagated On His Boyhood Farm
In Denison, Texas.
Dedicated To All Who Served In
World War II — — Map (db m140495) HM
On Eastford Road (Connecticut Route 198) at Old Colony Road, on the left when traveling north on Eastford Road.
Ancient Nipmuck Indian territory. The Old Connecticut Path, an Indian trail
from Massachusetts used by early colonists, crossed the region. The
families of John and Sarah Perry and of William Ward, Senior, first settled
this area in 1710, . . . — — Map (db m115833) HM
On Eastford Road (Connecticut Route 198) at Old Colony Road, on the right when traveling south on Eastford Road.
Dedicated to Eastford Military Veterans
In recognition of an appreciation
For their service to the
United States of America.
This monument funded by the family of
Charles S. Bowen, Sr.,
native son, veteran, and patriot.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m122612) WM
On Kenyonville Road at Crystal Pond Road when traveling west on Kenyonville Road.
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 m174572) HM
On Broad Street at Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 12) at Academy Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 12) at Broad Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
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
On Connecticut Route 12 at Broad Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 12.
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
On Babcock Avenue at Community Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Babcock Avenue.
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
On Babcock Avenue at Community Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Babcock Avenue.
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
On Railroad Avenue (Connecticut Route 14A) at Babcock Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Railroad Avenue.
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
On Hampton Road (Route 97), on the left when traveling south.
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
On Kings Highway (County Route 44) at Grosvenor Road on Kings Highway.
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
On Deerfield Road (Connecticut Route 97) at Pomfret Street (U.S. 44), on the left when traveling west on Deerfield Road.
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
On U.S. 44, 1.6 miles west of Connecticut Route 101.
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 . . . — — Map (db m1621) HM
Putnam and The Wolf
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 . . . — — Map (db m115835) HM
On Pomfret Street (Route 44), on the right when traveling north.
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
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Pinch Street, on the left when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Route 14A) at Sterling Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (U.S. 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Connecticut Route 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Route 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Connecticut Route 14A) near Providence Road, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Thompson Road (Connecticut Route 193) at Thomson Hill Road (Route 200), on the left when traveling north on Thompson Road.
Front 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 . . . — — Map (db m101969) HM
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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 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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Main Street at Watson Street, on the left on Main Street.
Memorial
In Grateful Memory of the Heroic Service of
The Men of
Co.L. First Inf. Conn. National Guard
(Transferred to 102nd Inf. 26th Div. and Other Units)
Who Went From This Armory July 7, 1917
And Upheld the Highest Ideals Of
Our . . . — — Map (db m140520) WM
Near Main Street (Connecticut Route 66) east of Clark Street, on the right when traveling east.
This Viewpoint extends the museum sites of the Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail - Connecticut's Millennium Legacy Trail to the outdoor settings that artists portrayed at the turn of the 20th century in a manner that came to be called American . . . — — Map (db m207523) HM
On Main Street at Watson Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Dedicated to the Memory of
U.S. Merchant Marine World War II Veterans
December 7, 1941 – August 15, 1945
Willimantic, Connecticut — — Map (db m140523) WM
On Main Street at Watson Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Roll of Honor
Dedicated to the Members of the
Polish National Home
Who Served in the Armed Forces
Of Our Country in World War II
Stanley Andrychowski · Stephen Baronsky · John Baran · Joseph Bednaczyk · Anthony Bajger · George Breault · . . . — — Map (db m140527) WM
On Main Street at South Street (Connecticut Route 66), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
The frogs upon this bridge recount the celebrated Windham Frog Fight 0f 1754. The spools represent Willimantic’s historic prominence in cotton thread manufacture. David E. Phillips, an inspirational teacher and writer suggested the decorative . . . — — Map (db m140528) HM
On Main Street at Watson Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Roll of Honor
Dedicated to the Members of the
White Eagle American Citizens Club
Who Served in the Armed Forces
Of Our Country in World War II
Joseph Andrychowski · Stanley Andrychowski · John J. Andrychowski · Stephen Baronsky · John Baran . . . — — Map (db m140525) WM
On High Street at Main Street (Connecticut Route 66), on the right when traveling south on High Street.
Town of Windham
May 12, 1692 May 12, 1992
We dedicate this plaque to the citizens of the Town of Windham, in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary celebration of the incorporation of the Town of Windham on May 12, 1692; and in . . . — — Map (db m140692) HM
Near Main Street (Connecticut Route 66) near High Street, on the left when traveling west.
In Commemoration of
The Patriotism and Valor of the
Officers and Men of Windham
Who Served Their Country and Humanity
In the World War
1917 1919
In The Hour of Their Country’s Need
They Went Forth to Meet Toil, Privation and . . . — — Map (db m140690) WM
On Windham Green Road at Plains Road, on the right when traveling south on Windham Green Road.
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
On Scotland Road (Connecticut Route 14) east of Mullen Hill Road, on the right when traveling west.
In This Vicinity
French Troops Under
Rochambeau
Enroute From Yorktown
Encamped During November 1782
Erected by the State
and
Windham Library
Association
Cooperating — — Map (db m216461) HM WM
On Windham Green Road at Plains Road, on the left when traveling north on Windham Green Road.
The area which became Windham was a part of Joshúa's Tract, bequeathed to Captain John Mason and other Norwich men in a will dated February 29, 1675, by Mohegan Indian chief Joshua, son of Uncas. The gift included land in the present towns of . . . — — Map (db m140008) HM
On Windham Center Road (Connecticut Route 203) 0.2 miles south of Jerusalem Road, on the left when traveling north.
This Section of the
Windham Center Cemetery
South of the Old Riding Lane,
Presented to the Town of Windham
October 1941
In Memory of
Rose. M. Crandall
Have faith; and put away all doubts and fears
Your dear one waits beyond eternal . . . — — Map (db m140306) HM
On Windham Center Road at Plains Road, on the left when traveling north on Windham Center Road.
In Grateful Tribute to the Men from
The Town of Windham Who Died in Vietnam
Mar. 29, 1943 John F. Shea Mar. 9, 1964
Jan. 6, 1945 Gerald D. Boyd June 21, 1967
Aug. 31, 1947 Henry W. Bernard July 29, 1967
May 4, 1945 Robert E. . . . — — Map (db m140693) WM
On Windham Green Road at Plains Road, on the left when traveling south on Windham Green Road.
Dedicated by the People of
Windham Center
In Honor of Those Who Sacrificed and Served in
World War II
★Peter L. Dubina · ★Richard E. Smith · ★Joseph A. Martel · ★Noel Sonnichsen
Charles S. Anderson · Derwin P. . . . — — Map (db m140330) WM
On Norwich Worcester Turnpike (County Route 169) at Academy Road, on the left when traveling north on Norwich Worcester Turnpike.
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
On Route 169 at Route 197, on the right when traveling north on Route 169.
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
On Route 169 at Old Hall Road, on the left when traveling north on Route 169.
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
On County Route 197 at Route 198, on the right when traveling west on County Route 197.
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
On Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169) at Academy Road, on the right when traveling north on Norwich Worcester Turnpike.
(front)
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 . . . — — Map (db m123854) WM
On Connecticut Route 169, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Stone Bridge Road at Route 169 on Stone Bridge Road.
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
