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Historical Markers and War Memorials in New Haven, Connecticut
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9th Regt. Conn. Vol.
1861 – 1865
[ battle names inscribed around the base ]
New Orleans • Baton Rouge • Cedar Creek • Fishers Hill
[ west plaque ]
Died In Service U.S.
Co. A
Sergt. Coote Charles • Sergt. Scully . . . — — Map (db m35308) HM
Benjamin Eli Smith AM LHD
Editor of the
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
By his plan and under his direction work upon the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia was begun in 1882 refusing then the title of Editor he was authorized to engage Prof. . . . — — Map (db m51853) HM
Edward Robinson Smith AM
Sculptor and Curator
Librarian of the Avery Architectual Library
from its Foundation in Columbia University
Born Jan. 3, 1854 in Beirut Syria
Died Mar. 21, 1921
Son of
Eli and Mehitable Simpkins Butler Smith . . . — — Map (db m51860) HM
In Memory Of
Eli Smith DD
Writer and Missionary
Explorer in Persia and Arabia
He Inaugurated the Translation of the Bible
into Arabic
a Graduate of Yale University
Born Sept. 13, 1801 in Northfield Conn
Died Jan. 11, 1857 in Beirut . . . — — Map (db m51854) HM
[ south side ]
“Make Us Free”
This monument is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque. Sengbe Pieh was one of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and . . . — — Map (db m48428) HM
Amos Beebe Eaton
Brigadier and Commissary-General U.S. Army
Born May 12 1806
Died February 21 1877
[ back ]
Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1826
He served in the Black Hawk and Seminole Wars.
Through . . . — — Map (db m49583) HM
[ north side ]
Benjamin Silliman
Youngest Son Of
Gold Selleck & Mary
Silliman
Of Fairfield
Born Aug 8, 1779
Died Nov. 24, 1864
During Fifty Years
A Teacher Of Science
In Yale College
Through Life
And Earnest Trustful . . . — — Map (db m50914) HM
In Memory of the Regicide
Col Edward Whalley
Son of Richard Whalley Esq a member of Parliament in the last days of Queen Elizabeth and first cousin of Oliver Cromwell. A stalwart Puritan he rose to high command in the Civil Wars. He was the . . . — — Map (db m34822) HM
In Memory of the Regicide
Col William Goffe
A member of the High Court of Justice which in 1649 tried and condemned King Charles 1st of England and a signer of the kings death warrant. He served with distinction in the Parliamentary Army and in . . . — — Map (db m34817) HM
Dedicated
To The Memory Of
Col. Decius Wadsworth
A Native Of
Farmington In This State
And Late Chief
Of The
Ordnance Department
In The Army Of The
United States
Who
Having Served His Country
Faithfully
And Without Reproach . . . — — Map (db m50913) HM
[ marker at the east end of the building ]
In This Hall
Was The Room Of
Nathan Hale
Of The Class Of
1773
[ marker at the west end of the building ]
Connecticut Hall
Corner Stone Laid
1750
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Restored By . . . — — Map (db m34838) HM
[ inscription on the column ]
Erected by
The Joint Contributions of
The State of Connecticut
and
The Veteran Associations
of the
Conn. Light Battery and
6th, 7th and 10th Conn. Vols.
As a Sacred and Perpetual
Memorial to . . . — — Map (db m34891) HM
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, MD 1857
1833 – 1900
Physician
Son of John and Vashti Duplex Creed
Graduate of the New Haven Lancasterian School
First African American Graduate of Yale
First African American to earn an MD from an . . . — — Map (db m49582) HM
[ west side ]
David Humphreys
Doctor of Laws
Member Of
The Academy of Sciences
In Philadelphia
Massachusetts
and
Connecticut
A Member of the Bath
And West of England Society
And Fellow of the Royal Society . . . — — Map (db m48654) HM
1797 1897
Dei Gratia
This tablet commemorates the completion of a century during which these grounds have been sacred to the memory of the dead. The grave stones preserved with reverent care in the crypt beneath the Center Church, are all that . . . — — Map (db m49362) HM
[ west side ]
Eli Whitney
The inventor of the Cotton Gin.
Of useful science & arts the efficient
patron & improver
[ east side ]
In the social relations of life a model of excellence.
While private affection weeps at his . . . — — Map (db m49602) HM
In Memory
Major A. Glenn Miller
0505273
U.S. Army Air Force – W.W. II
Born – Clarinda, Iowa –
March 1, 1904
Missing in Action –
Europe, Dec. 15, 1944
1943 – 1944
418th A.A.F.T.T.C. Band – . . . — — Map (db m49708) HM
Grove Street Cemetery
Has Been Designated A
National Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of The
United States of America
Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents . . . — — Map (db m49361) HM
Dedicated to the Veterans
Who Gave Their Lives
In Service to Their Country
May They Rest In Peace
Erected by the Grateful Citizens
Of the City of New Haven
May 27, 1974 Bartholomew F. Guida Mayor — — Map (db m38554) WM
Hezekiah Augur
1791 – 1858
Sculptor
Descendant of settlers
of New Haven Colony
Woodcarver – Inventor
First American Sculptor
A genius upon whom Yale
College conferred the
Honorary Degree of
Master of Arts in 1833 . . . — — Map (db m52017) HM
The original Hillhouse Avenue Bridge was one of fourteen bridges provided by the Farmington Canal Company to carry city streets across the canal. The wooden bridge at this site rested on abutments of unmortared rubble. The New Haven construction . . . — — Map (db m57663) HM
[ front ]
In Memory of the Men of Yale
who, true to Her Traditions,
gave Their Lives that Freedom
Might not perish from the Earth
1914 – Anno Domini – 1918
[ back ]
Erected by the Graduates of
Yale . . . — — Map (db m34884) HM
In Remembrance
Fa September 3
Tua September 11
Weluwa September 14
Kapeli October 30
Yammoni November 4
Kaba December 31
1839
These Amistad captives who survived the voyage on La Amistad from Cuba to Connecticut, . . . — — Map (db m49363) HM
In Memory Of
Isaac Allerton
c. 1586 – 1659
A Mayflower Pilgrim and Colonial Merchant
Who came to New Haven in 1649
He was Interred in the
Old Burying Ground on the New Haven Green
And was the Only Member of the
Mayflower . . . — — Map (db m38555) HM
Ithiel Town
Architect
Inventor of the lattice truss bridge
Designer and builder of Center
Church and Trinity Church and
other notable buildings in New
Haven. One of the founders of
The National Academy of Design.
Born at Thompson, . . . — — Map (db m49603) HM
In Memory Of
Jedidiah Morse
The Father of American Geography
Born in Woodstock Windham Co. Conn. Aug. 23 1761
Died in New Haven June 9 1826
In the joy of a triumphant faith
In Christ
[ back ]
A graduate of Yale College in 1783 . . . — — Map (db m49584) HM
John Gamble Kirkwood
1907 – 1959
Physical Chemist
S.B. – University of Chicago (1926); Philip.D.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929); Sc.D. (Honors Causa) - University of Chicago (1954) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles . . . — — Map (db m50915) HM
[ front ]
Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
Class of 1773
[ back ]
A Gift to Yale College
By Graduates and Friends
Anno Domini MCMXIV
[ inscribed around the bronze base of the statue ]
I Only Regret That I . . . — — Map (db m34840) HM
Nathan Smith
Born in
Woodbury, Conn. 1770
Died
At Washington D.C.
Dec. 6, 1835
Senator
of the
United States
From Connecticut
An Eminent Citizen
A Sound Statesman
An Eloquent Advocate
[ east side ]
Sarah McCrackan . . . — — Map (db m52023) HM
Nathaniel William Taylor
Born at New Milford
June 28, 1786
Graduated at Yale College
1807
Ordained Pastor of the First
Church in New Haven 1812.
Elected Dwight Professor of
Didactic Theology in Yale College
1822.
Died March 10, . . . — — Map (db m49600) HM
New Haven
Settlement of Quinnipiac, afterward named New Haven, began on April 25, 1638 with the arrival of a large group from London by way of Boston, under the leadership of merchant Theophilus Eaton and the Reverend John Davenport. Later that . . . — — Map (db m34737) HM
From the settlement of New Haven
1638 to 1796
the adjoining ground was occupied
as a common place of burial.
Then a new burying ground was opened
and divided into family lots
and city squares.
In 1813 this church was placed
over the . . . — — Map (db m34821) HM
New Haven Green
Has Been Designated A
National
Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1971
National Park Service
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m35172) HM
[ battle names inscribed on the marble base ]
Chemin-Des Dames • Aisne • Seichpry • St-Mihiel • Chateau-Thierry • Verdun • Meuse-Argonne • Marne
[ plaque 1 ]
In Grateful Memory
of
Her Heroic Sons
Who Fell in The Service of . . . — — Map (db m35532) HM
Built in 2002, State Street is the latest in a series of railroad stations serving downtown New Haven. The first leg of the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line, completed in 1838, did not require a separate station because the tracks terminated . . . — — Map (db m227299) HM
The fountain around the Memorial Flagpole commemorates 150 years of service by the New Haven Water Company founded by Eli Whitney. The first water was brought to the Green from Lake Whitney on January 1, 1862 in order to provide fresh water for . . . — — Map (db m35174) HM
Noah Lane Farnham
Col.
Of the II, New York Vol's
Oldest Son of Geo. W. & Caroline Thompson
Farnham
Born in New Haven June 6, 1829.
Died at Washington City
Aug. 14, 1861.
Of Wounds Received While
Gallanty Leading His
Regiment, in . . . — — Map (db m49706) HM
Here stood the house of
Noah Webster
Class of 1778
Author of The American
Spelling Book and of An American
Dictionary of the English Language — — Map (db m34888) HM
Othniel Charles Marsh
Born at Lockport, N.Y. October 29, 1831. Died at New Haven, March 18, 1899
Professor of Paleontology in Yale University 1866 – 1899
President of the National Academy of Sciences 1883 – 1895
Eminent as . . . — — Map (db m50917) HM
Pelatiah Perit
Died in New Haven
March 8, 1864,
Aged 78 Years.
He was born in Norwich, Conn. and educated at Yale College. For more than fifty years a merchant in New York, in which city he was for ten years president of the Chanber of . . . — — Map (db m50916) HM
Pierpont Edwards
Son of the Rev. Jonathan & Sarah Pierpont Edwards
Master of Hiram Lodge #1, 1777-78
First Grand Master of Masons in Connecticut, July 8, 1789
Member of the Continental Congress
Lawyer – Legislator – Soldier . . . — — Map (db m52018) HM
Chosen For Settlement A.D. 1637.
Named New Haven
A.D. 1640.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them.
O God of Hosts look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine.
A.D. 1638 A company of English . . . — — Map (db m34815) HM
Renovation of the New Haven Green
1986 – 1990
Laid out in the 1638 plan for the New Haven Colony, this 16-acre green is the physical and symbolic heart of the city and has borne witness to its most important historic events. In 1983, the New . . . — — Map (db m35425) HM
Here in 1639 stood the barn
of
Robert Newman
where the members of the
Colony of New Haven met for
worship and for the purpose
of organizing a government — — Map (db m38553) HM
In Memory Of
The Hon. Roger Sherman, Esqr.
Mayor of the City of New Haven
and Senator of the United States.
He was born at Newtown in Massachusetts
April 19th 1721
and died at New Haven July 23d AD 1793
aged LXXII.
Possessed of a . . . — — Map (db m51864) HM
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Born Jan 4, 1793
Died Feb. 19, 1863
Graduated at Yale College
in 1811
Admitted to the Bar
in this city in 1814
Senator of the State
in 1837 & 1838
Representative
in the General Assembly
in 1840 & 1841 . . . — — Map (db m52022) HM
Upon the Site of this Building
Stood the Home of
Roger Sherman
And Near Here in 1793 he Died
Jurist-Patriot-Statesman
Signer of the Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
and the
Constitution of the . . . — — Map (db m34892) HM
Ross Granville Harrison
Teacher – Scientist – Administrator
Professor of Zoology at
Yale University 1907 – 38
He was the discoverer of
the tissue-culture method
of studying the develop
mentof living organisms.
[ . . . — — Map (db m52020) HM
'Prince E. Gray, one of the best known men on the New Haven, has made waiting an art. [Gray] has put his son and daughter through college.
Portrait of Prince E. Gray, Along the Line, railroad employee . . . — — Map (db m227298) HM
Simeon Baldwin
Was Born at Norwich
Dec. 14. 1761
And Died May 26. 1851.
He was graduated at Yale College in 1781. Was a tutor in that institution from 1783 to 1786 when he entered on his profession as a lawyer. He was a representative from . . . — — Map (db m52015) HM
Simeon E. Baldwin
February 5, 1840
January 30, 1927
Inheriting high traditions of public service, he loved and served Connecticut as Justice and Chief Justice of its Supreme Court of Errors for seventeen years and as Governor for four years. He . . . — — Map (db m51861) HM
In Memoriam
Stephen Goodyear
First Deputy Governor
of the
Colony of New Haven
and one of the
Earliest Members of this Church
Died in London 1658
Erected by his descendent Wm. B. Goodyear — — Map (db m34819) HM
In July of 1865 Pierre L'allement left his native France for America with the makings of a primitive iron bicycle in tow. That fall the 22-year-old mechanic settled in Ansonia about 12 miles west of here. The following April he rode his . . . — — Map (db m227297) HM
In Memory Of
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Tenth President of Yale College
[ south side ]
Born in New York
October 31, 1801
Professor of Greek
In Yale College
1831 -1851
President 1846 – 1871
Died in New Haven
July 1, . . . — — Map (db m52021) HM
Walter Camp
"The Father of American Football"
Walter Camp. Outstanding Yale athlete and coach became the single most important figure in the development of American Football. Recognized as the primary authority on football rules in his lifetime. . . . — — Map (db m49710) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227293) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227295) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227296) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227301) HM
This 16.5-acre outdoor space is the central square of the nine squares originally designed in 1638 by the settlers of the New Haven Colony as a common space for cultural, civic, religious and educational purposes and gatherings. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m227302) HM
[ inscription on the west face of the base ]
Gettysburg • Port Hudson • Fort Fisher • 1861-1865
[ inscription on the east face of the base ]
Bunker Hill • Bennington • Saratoga • 1775-1783
[ inscription on the south . . . — — Map (db m34723) WM
Black Rock Fort
Here on July 5, 1779, eighteen men under Lieutenant Daniel Bishop stood in defense of New Haven against a British fleet commanded by Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces commanded by Major General William Tryon. When . . . — — Map (db m35730) HM
East Shore Park
New Haven, Connecticut
This 90 acre tract was once part of the land the Townsend family purchased in 1798 from the Quinnipiac Indian Tribe. The Townsends harvested salt hay from the tidal marsh, selling it for packing material to . . . — — Map (db m35725) HM
The Effect of Human Actives on Long Island Sound
Humans have inhabited the shores of Long Island Sound for thousands of years. Before European settlement, many Native American tribes lived along the Sound. Now more than 20 million people . . . — — Map (db m107344) HM
In Honor Of
Captain Nathan Hale
1755 – 1776
Patriot – Soldier – Martyr
I Only Regret That I Have But
One Life To Lose For My Country — — Map (db m35727) HM
In Memory Of
George Pardee
1630 – 1700
Farmer, Ferryman and Teacher
Of Latin and Good Manners
Who First Owned This Land
and of
William Bradley Pardee
1821 – 1893
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this tablet is placed under the will of . . . — — Map (db m35550) HM
This Memorial
Commemorates
The Determined Resistance
Near This Spot
Of The Patriots of New Haven
Against The British Invasion
Under Maj. Gen. Tryon of New York
July 5, 1779 — — Map (db m35734) HM
Roll of Honor
1941 1945
In Memory of Our Comrades
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War II
Michael J. Canavan • John E. Cox • William H. Elliot • Harry I. Fowles • Raymond D. Flynn • Frank J. Fisco • Stephen Karako • Anthony . . . — — Map (db m35539) HM
The Long Island Sound, including New Haven Harbor, is an estuary — a place where fresh and salt water meet. Estuaries provide many animals with a protected home to lay eggs and serve as a nursery for the young, a place to find food, and a . . . — — Map (db m107346) HM
Erected By
The Society of The Cincinnati
In the State of Connecticut
In Memory Of
Captain Judah Alden • Captain Samuel Allyn • Captain Simeon Allyn • Ensign Daniel Avery • Lieutenant Eienezer Avery • Captain Elijah Avery • Captain Esisa Avery . . . — — Map (db m35729) HM
The butterfly garden was planted to attract butterflies and birds to the park, and to provide these animals with a reliable source of food. Spend some time here when the flowers are in bloom and see who stops by for a visit.
Monarch Migration . . . — — Map (db m107343) HM
The Oyster Industry in New Haven
History
1638 First settlers arrive in New Haven and are introduced to oysters by local Indians. Oysters were so plentiful people could pick them up by hand. The oyster beds stretched from the upper . . . — — Map (db m35728) HM
A Birdwatcher’s Dream
You’re standing at one of the best hawk-watching sites in New England. Every autumn birds of prey from Northern New England and Canada migrate south in a broad band across New England. Because theses birds don’t like . . . — — Map (db m107347) HM
This memorial is erected in honor of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell a citizen of New Haven to whose faith persistence and patriotism the country is indebted for the construction of the Monitor from plans by John Ericsson The Monitor . . . — — Map (db m32940) HM
We Remember
The Six Million Jews Who Were
Murdered by the Nazis
During World War II – 1939 – 1945 (5699 – 5705)
Dedicated by The City of New Haven
The New Haven Jewish Federation
[ camp names inscribed on stones . . . — — Map (db m29050) HM
In Recogition Of Their Service In The War Against Terrorism
1st Battalion 102d Infantry
Serving the New Haven area since 1638
These gave their lives defending our freedom
May God bless them
Sgt Felix Delgreco, 9 April 2004
Spc Robert . . . — — Map (db m93215) WM
Dedicated to All Men and Women Wounded in All Our Wars
Combat Wounded Veterans
Military Order of the Purple Heart
1782 1932
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.
If I could be . . . — — Map (db m93211) WM
In Honor Of Those Who Served
During The Korean War From
The Greater New Haven Area
25 June 1950 27 July 1953
Forgotten War
Forgotten No More
Freedom Is Not Free — — Map (db m93214) WM
1959 1975
This memorial is dedicated in honor of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War
From the surrounding cities and towns: New Haven, East Haven, West Haven, North Haven, Handen, Orange, Woodbridge — — Map (db m93213) WM
MIA – POW
Robert E Bush • John T Gallagher • Francis J McGouldrick
KIA
Everett L Anderson • William M Meglio Jr • Henry L Whaley • John H Raber • Pierce I Robertson • Gary C Richards • Archie L Guthrie • Calvin Belton • Kenneth Cushen • . . . — — Map (db m93209) WM
In Honored Memory Of The Servicemen From St. Stanislaus
Parish Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In
World War II
Charles F. Awrajcewicz August 31 1943 England • Anthony S. Bednarczyk May 29 1944 Italy • Joseph W. Cerlanek June 22 1944 Burma • . . . — — Map (db m34733) WM
In Honor And Memory Of
Those Who Served In The
World War
From the 32-nd. Ward
1914 – 1918
The Following Paid The
Supreme Sacrifice.
Charles E. Leigh. • Arthur R. Newell. • Matthew W. Sullivan. • Paul G. Oberle. • Christian . . . — — Map (db m35534) HM
A Quinnipiac Indian
family walks to the
harbor to meet the English
newcomers – April 24, 1638
as their way of life
changes forever
Montowese • Sawseunek • Momaugin • Sugcogisin • Quesaquaush • Carroughood • Weesaucuck • . . . — — Map (db m35535) HM
On this spot a signal beacon
was established in 1775
and about this hill
American patriots
bravely resisted a large force
of invading British troops
July 5, 1779
To honor the deeds of the Fathers
Rising above the location of this sign . . . — — Map (db m35735) HM
Fort Wooster Park
Sacred grounds of the Quinnipiac Indians and one of the earliest reservations in the New World Battle site of the American patriots against the British forces during the invasion of New Haven on July 5, 1779 Location of a . . . — — Map (db m35538) HM
Here July 5, 1779 citizens of New Haven with cannon prevented an invading British Army from crossing West River and thereby saved the town from destruction — — Map (db m17289) HM
Erected A.D. 1870 by the state of Connecticut to commemorate the services and perpetuate the memory of the two hundred and four Union soldiers who died in the Knight Hospital in New Haven in the years 1862, 3, 4 & 5 and were buried in these grounds. — — Map (db m17600) HM
Erected by the state of Connecticut in loving and grateful memory of her sons who offered their lives that the Union should not perish 1861-1865 — — Map (db m17599) HM
Corporal
Timothy Francis Ahearn
D-S-C
Company C 102 Us Infantry
Twenty Sixth Division
1898 – 1925
He Best Exemplified The
Spirit Of The Enlisted Men
Of The Yankee Division
[ north side ]
Near Verdun, France on . . . — — Map (db m35724) HM
Judges Cave
Here May Fifteenth 1661 and for some weeks thereafter Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, members of the Parliament General, officers in the army of the Commonwealth and signers of the death warrant of King Charles First, . . . — — Map (db m34719) HM
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