Historical Markers and War Memorials in East Haddam, Connecticut
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On Millington Road (Connecticut Route 434) 0.1 miles Tater Hill Road, on the left when traveling west.
Side A 1714-1789
Near this Green was the site of
the General’s Farm, Store
and dwelling house
Side B
1714-1789
Officer in the French & Indian
and Revolutionary Wars
Delegate to the Continental Congress . . . — — Map (db m101985) HM
On Norwich Road (Connecticut Route 82) at Lumber Yard Road, on the left when traveling east on Norwich Road.
This land was part of an original purchase from the Indians in 1662 for thirty coats – about $100. It included Machimoodus, “the place of noises”, so named from subterranean sounds formerly heard there. Layout of highways began in 1669. The first . . . — — Map (db m83886) HM
On Moodus Leesville Road (Route 149) at Plains Road (Connecticut Route 151), on the right when traveling north on Moodus Leesville Road.
Town of East Haddam Conn
Roll of Honor
Steven E. Adams • Donnie Bartunek • Charles A. Brandt • George S. Heil • John M. Kananowicz • John R. McGhie • Douglas Smith • Edward Ramsdell • William J. Rose • Gary A. Soja • John S. Wadsworth • Robert . . . — — Map (db m84009) WM
On Moodus Leesville Road (Connecticut Route 149) at Plains Road (Connecticut Route 151), on the right on Moodus Leesville Road.
For all those who gave their lives for us. you will not be forgotten
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Stephon Ackley • Gideon Brainerd • Ichabod Champion • Daniel Ebenezer Cone 3rd • Joseph Cone • Ely Crosby • Chauncey Estabrook • Thomas Lyon • . . . — — Map (db m84017) WM
On Norwich Road (Connecticut Route 82) at Lumber Yard Road, on the right when traveling east on Norwich Road.
The
Restoration
of the
Goodspeed Opera House
Completed 1965
Undertaken by
The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
(Organized 1959)
Frederick Palmer, M. Arch., Design Consultant
And
Henry Sage Goodwin, of Schutz & Goodwin, . . . — — Map (db m83884) HM
On Plains Road (Connecticut Route 151) at East Haddam Moodus Road (Connecticut Route 149), on the right when traveling north on Plains Road.
Roll of Honor
1917 1919
Dedicated in Honor of
The Men of East Haddam
Who Served in The Army and Navy
In the World War
Died in Service
Louis Yindra
Army
Blaschik, Louis • Alexander, Robert R. • Axelrod, Samuel • . . . — — Map (db m31178) WM
On Plains Road (Connecticut Route 151) at East Haddam Moodus Road (U.S. 149), on the right when traveling north on Plains Road.
(south face)
Gettysburg
In Honored memory
of the brave
defenders of our country
in its hour of peril
1861 - 1865.
Erected by Charles Miller
and his wife
Eliza Wheeler Miller
1900.
(east face)
Antietam
First Heavy Artillery . . . — — Map (db m31177) WM
