Historical Markers and War Memorials in Griswold, Connecticut
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On Voluntown Road (Connecticut Route 138) at Bethel Road, on the right when traveling west on Voluntown Road.
Griswold
Settlers were attracted to this area, then part of Preston, by the rich land of the Pachaug River Valley. The first permanent settlement was founded near Pachaug about 1690 on land purchased from Owaneco, sorn of Uncas, the Mohegan . . . — — Map (db m140777) HM
On E Main Street (Connecticut Route 201) at N Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the left when traveling north on E Main Street.
Erected In Honor Of Those From
The Town Of Griswold Who
Served In The Korean Conflict
Richard A. Albro · Robert Allanach · Ernest L. Arremony · Edmund J. Arremony · John Arremony · Phillip F. Arremony · Lawrence J. Arthur · Chester J. . . . — — Map (db m140814) WM
On E Main Street (Connecticut Route 201) at N Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the left when traveling north on E Main Street.
Erected in Honor of Those From
The Town of Griswold Who
Served in the Vietnam Conflict
Robert J. Ambot · William J. Ambot · Kenneth P. Anthony · Lawrence M. Anthony · Rene L. Aubin · Robert A. Aubin · John R. Babcock · Edward F. Bachand · . . . — — Map (db m141078) WM
On E Main Street (Connecticut Route 201) at N Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the left when traveling north on E Main Street.
1914 Honor Roll of Those From 1918
The Town of Griswold
Who Served in the World War
Affortunato, Paul · Anderson, Otto A. · Aramoney, Hazard · Ashey, Edward · Ashey, Ovelia · Auclair, Randolph · Babcock, Adelbert A. · Babcock, Charles I. . . . — — Map (db m140890) WM
On E Main Street (Connecticut Route 201) at N Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the left when traveling north on E Main Street.
Dedicated by the
Town of Griswold
In Honor of Its Citizens Who Sacrificed and Served in
1941 World War II 1945
★John Artecki, Jr. · ★Maurice Asselin · ★Omer G. Bachland · ★Alexander Budawei · ★Roland E. . . . — — Map (db m141077) WM
On Slater Avenue (Connecticut Route 138) at Main Street (Connecticut Route 12), on the left when traveling north on Slater Avenue.
In April 1771, Eliezer Jewett opened a sawmill on the Pachaug Ríver. This area was the beginning of a small village which became known as Pachaug City before the close of the Revolutionary War.
About 20 years later, Eliezer Jewett named . . . — — Map (db m140813) HM
On Voluntown Road (Route 138) at Old Bethel Road, on the right when traveling west on Voluntown Road.
To the Memory of
The Revolutionary Soldiers
Of Ancient Pachaug
Who Gave Their Lives to Establish a
Free and Independent Country
Dulce et decorum est pro patris mori
(It is sweet and fitting to die for your country)
Solomon Coit · . . . — — Map (db m221579) WM