Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the county seat for Fairfield County
Bridgeport is in Fairfield County
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Abraham Lincoln visited this city Saturday evening March 10, 1860, and delivered a political address before a large audience of citizens in Washington Hall, which was then a portion of this building. — — Map (db m170212) HM
Bridgeport
"The Park City"
The area that is now Bridgeport was settled in the mid-17th century by farmers from the older towns of Stratford and Fairfield. Centers of settlement were Stratfield, present North Avenue; Pembroke, now Old Mill Green; . . . — — Map (db m91834) HM
Korea Memorial
Freedom is not free
I will never leave you or forsake you
Hebrews 13 5
In my generation this was not the first occasion
when the strong attacked the
weak. Communism was acting in Korea just as
Hitler, Mussolini and . . . — — Map (db m170213) WM
[ south plaque ] Dedicated To The Memory Of The Heroic Men Of Bridgeport, Who Fell In The Late War For The Preservation Of The Union. July, 1876 "It is for us the living to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from . . . — — Map (db m27137) HM
This Tablet Is Dedicated To Bridgeports Sons And Daughters Who Gave Up Their Lives That The World Might Re A Better Place In Which To Live
Agnew, James • Altman, Walter G. • Anderson, Martin A. • Armstrong, Thomas • Baltonsaita, Ignatz • Banks, . . . — — Map (db m91929) WM
Vietnam
This Memorial Is Dedicated To
Those Who Have Given The Supreme
Sacrifice To Their Country
“If Ye Break Faith
We Shall Have Died In Vain”
Donated By Concerned Citizens
Dedicated - May 29, 1983
( left panel . . . — — Map (db m91928) WM
World War II Memorial
To Those Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice So That Others Would Live
Aaron, William • Adams, Thomas • Adelman, Harold • Aitkin, Richard W. • Akalis, Anthony J. • Alderucci, Salvatore • Aleksiewicz, Stephen N. • Anagnos, . . . — — Map (db m91973) WM
In Recognition
Of The Patriotism Of Our Employees
Who Entered The Service Of Our Country
During The Great War
1914 – 1918
The Bryant Electric Company — — Map (db m91931) WM
In Commemoration
Of Those Employees Who Served
In the Armed Forces of the United States
During World War II
1941 – 1945
The Bryant Electric Company — — Map (db m91927) WM
This Marker Commemorates The
150th Anniversary
Of The City Of Bridgeport
During This 150th Year
The People Of Bridgeport Reflected On Their Past
Celebrated Their Present Life Together,
And Planned For A Future Full Of Hope And . . . — — Map (db m91975) HM
James Henry O'Rourke
September 1, 1850 - January 8, 1919
‘Orator Jim' O'Rourke, son of Irish immigrants, was a professional baseball player, scholar, and civil rights activist. The Bridgeport native had the first base hit in National League . . . — — Map (db m91832) HM
In Memory Of
The Construction Workers
Who Died at L’Ambiance Plaza
April 23, 1987
Michael Addona • Augustus Allman • Glenn Canning • Mario Colello • Francesco D’Adonna • William Daddona • Donald Emanuel • Vincent Figliomeni • Herbert . . . — — Map (db m91977) HM
Lewis Howard Latimer
September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928
Considered one of the 10 most important black inventors in US history. Lewis Latimer was renowned for his work with the Edison Pioneers. Of his many inventions and patents, his most . . . — — Map (db m91836) HM
[Inscription on the street (east) side]
This Memorial Arch was erected
AD MCMXVIII to the memory of
William Hunt Perry
of Bridgeport Conn by his wife
Harriet Adelaide Perry
[Inscription on the park side]
This Memorial . . . — — Map (db m27166) HM
[ battle names on the banner at the top ]
Fort Sumter • Vicksburg • Mobile Bay • Antietam • Gettysburg • Appomattox
First Conn Cavalry
Richard R Crawford Lt D d Oct 30 1863 In Hospital Va
Eugene W Starkweather Corp L d . . . — — Map (db m27213) HM
The test of mankind's progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. — — Map (db m170069) HM
This monument is a memorial to Charles S. Stratton, a native of Bridgeport, who gained worldwide fame as Tom Thumb in the exhibitions of P.T. Barnum. The lifesize statue was erected before Tom Thumb's death on July 15, 1883. In 1959 vandals smashed . . . — — Map (db m27168) HM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m27128) HM
