Historical Markers and War Memorials in Glastonbury, Connecticut
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On Main Street near Hebron Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Formerly part of Wethersfield, the town was named for Glastonbury in England. Its thirty four original farms, running from the River three miles east “into the wilderness,” were the first officially surveyed by Connecticut Colony, . . . — — Map (db m98863) HM
On Hubbard Street at Green Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street.
Erected in Memory of
Capt. Frederick M. Barber
And the Soldiers of Glastonbury
Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country.
By Mercy Turner Barber.
1918
1861 Civil War 1865
More enduring than this monument will be the memory of their . . . — — Map (db m98832) WM
On Hubbard Street at Green Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street.
1941 1945
World War II
A Tribute to the Men and Women
Who Served Their Country.
In Honor of These Who Gave Their Lives.
Andrews, Harry E. · Bemer, Steven J. · Boeris, John N. · Carl, Goodrich F. · Chamberlin, Theodore L. · Connell, . . . — — Map (db m98803) WM
On Hubbard Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street.
In Honor of Those Who Served Their
Country In The Second World War and In Memory Of
Charles Galli Who Was Killed In Action
Herbert Amond · Richard A. Bantle · Everett E. Bantly · Allen F. Behnke · Robert G. Brash · Charles W. Chase, Jr. · . . . — — Map (db m98862) WM
On Hubbard Street at Green Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street.
1917 1919
In Honor of Those of the Town of Glastonbury Who
Answered Their Country’s Call To Serve Humanity
Aborn, Merritt W. · Adams, Charles W. · Ahern, Matthew A. · Antos, Charles F. · Backus, Joseph H. · Barber, George H., M.D. · . . . — — Map (db m98802) WM
On Hubbard Street at Green Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street.
In Honor Of
John Lee Levitow
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Sergeant, United States Air Force
3rd Special Operations Squadron
presented
Congressional Medal of Honor
by
President Richard M. Nixon
May 14, 1970
For conspicuous gallantry . . . — — Map (db m98833) WM
On Main Street at Whapley Road, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Kimberly Tract
This land is part of the original grant east of the great river made to John Robbins of Wethersfield in 1640. The original lot of 132 acres – 22 rods wide – extended three miles from the river into the hills. With Eleazar . . . — — Map (db m98902) HM
On Main Street at Morgan Drive, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Site of Second Meeting House
First Church of Christ
Congregational
1735 – 1837
News of the battles of Lexington and Concord
reached here while Rev. John Eells was
preaching and was announced from the pulpit
April 28, 1775 . . . — — Map (db m98901) HM
