Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cornwall, Connecticut
Litchfield is the county seat for Litchfield County
Cornwall is in Litchfield County
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On Pine Street at Bolton Hill Road, on the left when traveling south on Pine Street.
Cornwall
This area was once part of the Western Lands ordered surveyed by the Legislature in 1731. Yale Lands were surveyed and three hundred acres were set aside for income for Yale College in 1732. At an auction in Fairfield in 1738 the town was . . . — — Map (db m41824) HM
On Pine Street at Bolton Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street.
[ left plaque ]
Korea
June 27, 1950 – January 31, 1955
Bailey, Harold L. Jr. • Blakey, James • Cavanaugh, Harold F. • Chamberlain, Paul H. Jr. • Cobleigh, Doris • Cobleigh, Herbert • Frost, Atec C. • Frost, John A. • Frost, . . . — — Map (db m41826) WM
On Pine Street at Bolton Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street.
[ upper plaque ]
Cornwall Honor Roll
1914 World War 1918
Peter L. Barrett • Fred J. Bate • William L. Behn • Harry W. Breen • R. William Carlson • Abraham B. Cohen • Benjamin J. Cole • Francis P. Cole • Robert T. Davison • Stanley P. . . . — — Map (db m41829) HM
On Bolton Hill Road at Pine Street, on the left when traveling west on Bolton Hill Road.
Site of the First
Foreign Mission School
Which from 1817 to 1826 trained
young men of many races to act
as Christian Missionaries among
their peoples. — — Map (db m41831) HM
On Pine Street at Bolton Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street.
This tree is dedicated to the people and community spirit that helped Cornwall recover from the July 10, 1989 tornado. Town leaders at that time were:
Richard Dakin First Selectman
Patsy Van Doren Selectman
Steve Hedden . . . — — Map (db m41830) HM
On Cornwall Hollow Road (Connecticut Route 43) at Ford Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on Cornwall Hollow Road.
This memorial including ordnance used in the Mexican and Civil Wars and given by the government of the United States is in honour of Major General John Sedgwick Commander of the Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac who gave his life for the preservation . . . — — Map (db m37482) HM