Historical Markers and War Memorials in Darien, Connecticut
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On Renshaw Road at Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Renshaw Road.
Darien
Originally part of Stamford, this area became Middlesex Parish in 1737. It was incorporated as the Town of Darien in 1820. Settlement had begun about 1700 when the first roads were cut “in the woods.” In 1703 a school district . . . — — Map (db m80136) HM
On Renshaw Road at Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Renshaw Road.
(left plaque)
Civil War
(1861 – 1865)
Carl Acherman • James H. Bates • Lewis H. Benedict • Joseph Bushy • Nathan R. Byxbee • Charles H. Clock • Horace Curtis • Phillip Fortune • Michael Harmo • Frederick Henderson • William H. Howe • . . . — — Map (db m80179) WM
On Renshaw Road near Park Place, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to All Men and Women
Wounded In All Our Wars
Combat Wounded Veterans
They Paid For
Our Freedom
With Blood
All Gave Some
Some Gave All
Erected by the Homer Lee Wise Chapter 1932, Military
Order of the Purple Heart, . . . — — Map (db m80261) WM
On Renshaw Road at Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Renshaw Road.
(left plaque)
Korean War
(1950 – 1953)
George R. Broadhurst • James A. Dooley, Jr. • Eugene Murphy • Julius C. Nacci • Robert J. Perkinson
(center plaque)
Vietnam War
(1959 – 1975)
Alan L. Diedricksen • John B. Giesen, Jr. • . . . — — Map (db m80259) WM
On Renshaw Road at Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Renshaw Road.
World War II
(1941 – 1945)
Sanford Adams • Eric Allen • William A. Aycrigg II • Elton S. Barrett • Orrin K. Boice • James Butts • Joseph A. Chase • Peter T. Chester • Horace G. Cleveland III • Louis Cotaling • David O. Devlin • Anthony R. . . . — — Map (db m80180) WM
On Old Kings Highway North at Brookside Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Kings Highway North.
On these grounds once stood
Middlesex Graveyard
1737 - 1923
Stones since removed to Spring Grove[.] Remains of our forebears here repose and still their love remains. — — Map (db m230982) HM
On Old Kings Highway North south of Pine Brook Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Telling the Story of Darien
Originally founded as the Darien Historical Society in 1953, the Museum of Darien is dedicated to telling the town's story.
Whether it's a 17th-century blanket chest, a hand-sewn Civil War-era flag, or an . . . — — Map (db m230984) HM
On Post Road (U.S. 1) at Hecker Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Post Road.
Civil War
In Memory Of
Oscar E. Peck
Dedicated – 2012
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Powder Boy – U.S. Navy – U.S.S. Varuna
“For conspicuous gallantry and intredidity
at risk of life above and beyond . . . — — Map (db m80265) WM
On Brookside Road just north of Old Kings Highway North, on the right when traveling north.
1894.
On Sunday, July 22, 1781,
while engaged in public worship
in the building then occupying this site
Rev. Dr. Moses Mather
and fifty men of this congregation were captured
by British troops and taken to New York
There . . . — — Map (db m230983) HM WM
On Rings End Road at Pear Tree Point Road, on the right when traveling east on Rings End Road.
Ring’s End
Landing
Earlier Called Clock’s Landing
Trading Center
Of Middlesex Parish
Part of Stamford from 1641 until
Incorporated as Town of Darien
May 20, 1826
Presented by Kiwanis Club of Darien
As part of 150th . . . — — Map (db m80305) HM
On Old Kings Highway North just east of Brookside Road, on the right when traveling west.
Darien's Roots
The Creation of Middlesex Parish
The origins of Darien can be traced to the challenges of a very long walk. In the 1730s residents living in the rural outskirts of Stamford's east end joined forces with their neighbors . . . — — Map (db m230980) HM
On Brookside Road north of Stephen Mather Road, on the left when traveling north.
A Historic Home
The Mather Homestead was built in 1778 by Deacon Joseph Mather, son of Reverend Moses Mather, a fiery patriot and the Minister of Middlesex Parish (now the First Congregational Church in Darien), for 62 years. He lived in . . . — — Map (db m226764) HM