Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clinton, Connecticut
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You are standing beside the Indian River in the heart of the 1663 settlement of Killingworth, sited on its protective harbor. In 1838, the shoreline portion parted from northern Killingworth and became Clinton.
Shipbuilding
The first . . . — — Map (db m100187) HM
1. Congregational Church
This Classic Rivival sanctuary dates from 1837 and is the fourth church building to have been located on Meeting House Hill. In front of the church stands in the monument honoring Abraham Pierson and the . . . — — Map (db m227288) HM
1. Indian River
At the center of the Colonial settlement, this stream winds south through salt marshes to the harbor. Shipyards stood on its banks in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bridge dates from the 1876, replacing an an earlier . . . — — Map (db m227290) HM
In Honor of
The Good and Learned
Abraham Pierson
First President
of
Yale College 1701-1707
Pastor of Killingworth Church
Now Clinton 1694-1707
The Time of His Death
Beloved and Regretted
By All.
( east side )
Erected By . . . — — Map (db m100188) HM
Clinton
Settled in 1663 and then known as Homonoscitt Plantation, this shoreline and rural community soon thereafter was given the name Kenilworth and later Killingworth. In 1735 the First and Second Ecclesiastical Societies were established being . . . — — Map (db m100158) HM
Erected by
The Women’s Relief Corps
and the citizens of Clinton
in memory of the soldiers
and sailors who fought
to preserve the Union.
1861 – 1865
For the dead a tribute,
for the living a memory,
for posterity an emblem
of . . . — — Map (db m100190) WM
In honor of the founding of the Homenossitt Plantation which grew and prospered and became the Town of Clinton.
The week of July 28 - August 4, 1963 was set set aside for a townewide celebration embracing the many events of Clinton's . . . — — Map (db m227289) HM
The People Of Clinton Honor Those Who Served Their Country
These Are They That Gave
Their Lives · · That Men
Might Live In Freedom
World War I
Kozlik, Henry · Stevens, Giles F. · Hilliard, Howard G.
World War II
Burnes, Edward J. · Jones, . . . — — Map (db m100159) WM
Dedicated to all of the men and women
Who gave their lives
For our country
Beneath this plaque are the ashes from
600 retired American Flags
More than 500 of these flags served in
the “Field of Flags”, each one . . . — — Map (db m100186) WM
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette, traveling on the Post Road, was welcomed with military and civil honors in Killingworth, now Clinton. — — Map (db m227287) HM
This replica of the milestone placed here in the mid 1700s marks 25 miles to New Haven. Benjamin Franklin, then Colonial Postmaster General, determined the sites of these markers along the Post Road connecting New York and Boston.
Clinton . . . — — Map (db m242980) HM
The Great Hammock Salt Marsh and Clinton Harbor
The Town of Clinton, originally a part of Killingworth, was settled in 1663 by families, many of whose descendants still live here. Those first settlers found much evidence of Native American . . . — — Map (db m245079) HM
The Work of the Salt Marsh
You are standing at the edge of an ancient marsh, above layers of peat forty feet deep. Once an inland freshwater lake, the Hammock estuary is now flooded twice daily by nutrient-rich salt tides.
Tidal salt . . . — — Map (db m243105) HM
Clinton's Defense Against the British
During the War of 1812, Clinton, then called Killingworth, was under the threat of attack from the British. There were shipyards located on both the Indian River and in the harbor, and the British had . . . — — Map (db m243716) HM
The Earliest Senior Classes Of
Yale College
Were Taught Near This Spot By
Rector Abraham Pierson
1701 to 1707
( inscribed around the top )
I Give These Books For Founding A College
( back )
In Memoriam
Abraham Pierson . . . — — Map (db m100160) HM
