Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chester, Connecticut
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Chester is in Middlesex County
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For over two hundred years the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry has provided public transportation at this site. The first crossing was initiated by Johnathan Warner of Chester in 1769. Known as Warner's Ferry, it was privately operated until 1877 when it . . . — — Map (db m61345) HM
Chester
Chester is located on land known as Pattaconk or Pattyquounck in Indian deeds of the 1660's. Settled largely by families from Saybrook, it became the Fourth Ecclesiastical Society of the Saybrook Congregational Church in 1740 and was . . . — — Map (db m100313) HM
There Was A Time
When The World Asked
Ordinary People
To Do
Extraordinary Things
To The Man and Women of Chester
Who Served Our Country
Dedicated
May 2004
( left panel )
World War II
Kern, Frederick A. • Walden, Francis . . . — — Map (db m65998) WM
In Honor Of The Men Of Chester
Who Served In The World War
1917 - - - 1918
Abbey Raymond C. • Bailey Charles F. • Beckwith Willis A. • Berg Albert • Bergonzi Joseph • Bickerton Charles W. • Bocksruth John H. • Bole John J. • Brooks Malcolm G. • . . . — — Map (db m66000) WM
Honoring All Who Served
World War II 1941 1946
These Gave Their Lives
George A. Butler • Allen W. Burton • Theodore P. Dreher • Arthur Going • Philip H. Kern • Anthony P. Narducci • Harold M. Perry • Richard L. Turner • George E. Watrous • . . . — — Map (db m65999) WM
