Historical Markers and War Memorials in Thomaston, Connecticut
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Thomaston is in Litchfield County
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In Loving Memory Of
Fr. Michael J. McGivney
1852 – 1890
Founder of the Knights of Columbus
March 29, 1882
Pastor of St. Thomas Church, Thomaston
1884 – 1890
Founder of the Atlantic Council No. 18
April 8, 1885
This . . . — — Map (db m28121) HM
[ front ]
Thomaston
Originally part of the Farmington Proprietors' purchase in 1684 of Mattatuck Plantation, the Thomaston area achieved independence in 1739, being set off as the Northbury Parish. In 1780 Northbury and Westbury united . . . — — Map (db m28139) HM
Erected 1902
Erected By
C.L. Russell Post, No. 68,
G.A.R.
And Citizens,
In Commemoration Of The
Soldiers Who Served In
The Civil War
[ battle names inscribed on the column ]
Cold Harbor • Gettysburg • Cedar Creek • . . . — — Map (db m28135) HM
Town Of Thomaston
Dedicated In Honor
Of Those Who Served
[ far left tablet ]
Wars And Conflicts
Braucci, Andrew D. Vietnam • Dipesa, John A. Persian Gulf • Duffany, Lawrence F. Vietnam • Grabherr, Edward T. Vietnam • . . . — — Map (db m28575) WM
1917 Honor Roll 1918
In Memory of The Heroes of
Thomaston
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
in the
World War
Clifford R. Fench • Alexander Crecorek • George V. Lawson • Adam Simoski • William J. Ryan
Erected By
Thomaston Tercentenary . . . — — Map (db m90381) WM
Roll of Honor
Dedicated by the Town of Thomaston
To Those Who Served Their Country
In The World War
( column 1 )
Army
Emil A. Albicker • Malcolm E. Aldrich • Alexander Anderson • Harold F. Anderson • Sherwood Vernon Ariel • Ardis E. . . . — — Map (db m28137) HM
Thomaston’s Three Tower Clocks
In 1872 Seth Thomas Clock Company began manufacturing Tower Clocks. Considered to be a sample of high quality workmanship and an ingenious mechanical feat, Tower Clocks are an architecturally important finger-print of . . . — — Map (db m90351) HM
