This land was part of an original purchase from the Indians in 1662 for thirty coats about $100. It included Machimoodus, the place of noises, so named from subterranean sounds formerly heard there. Layout of highways began in 1669. The first . . . — — Map (db m83886) HM
Town of East Haddam Conn
Roll of Honor
Steven E. Adams Donnie Bartunek Charles A. Brandt George S. Heil John M. Kananowicz John R. McGhie Douglas Smith Edward Ramsdell William J. Rose Gary A. Soja John S. Wadsworth Robert . . . — — Map (db m84009) WM
For all those who gave their lives for us. you will not be forgotten
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Stephon Ackley Gideon Brainerd Ichabod Champion Daniel Ebenezer Cone 3rd Joseph Cone Ely Crosby Chauncey Estabrook Thomas Lyon . . . — — Map (db m84017) WM
The
restoration
of the
Goodspeed Opera House
Completed 1965
Undertaken by
The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
(Organized 1959)
Frederick Palmer, M. Arch., Design Consultant
and
Henry Sage Goodwin, of Schutz & Goodwin, . . . — — Map (db m83884) HM
Side A 1714-1789
Near this Green was the site of
the Generals Farm, Store
and dwelling house
Side B
1714-1789
Officer in the French & Indian
and Revolutionary Wars
Delegate to the Continental Congress . . . — — Map (db m101985) HM
Erected by the State of
Connecticut
In Memory of
the Honourable
Joseph Spencer Esq
Major Gen. of the Army
of the United States of
America. Elected Counsellor
of the State of Connecticut
May 1766 and died in Office
Jan . . . — — Map (db m281635) HM WM
Near this green was the site of the general's farm,
store, and dwelling house
This marker was originally
erected in 1976 by the East Haddam Bicentennial Commission
Maj. General Spencer was an officer in
the French & Indian and . . . — — Map (db m280515) HM
Nathan Hale
Scholar Teacher Soldier Martyr
Born Coventry Connecticut, June 6, 1755
Graduated from Yale, 1773
Taught in this
"Little Red School House at the fork in the road"
from November 1, 1773 until May, 1774
Gave his . . . — — Map (db m281550) HM
Roll of Honor
1917 1919
Dedicated in Honor of
The Men of East Haddam
Who Served in The Army and Navy
In the World War
Died in Service
Louis Yindra
Army
Blaschik, Louis Alexander, Robert R. Axelrod, Samuel . . . — — Map (db m31178) WM
(south face)
Gettysburg
In Honored memory
of the brave
defenders of our country
in its hour of peril
1861 - 1865.
Erected by Charles Miller
and his wife
Eliza Wheeler Miller
1900.
(east face)
Antietam
First Heavy Artillery . . . — — Map (db m31177) WM
