Commissioned in 1809 by U.S. President Madison, Frederick Lee served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service until 1829, providing security for the New Haven port and protection of American Ships on Long Island Sound.
On October 10, 1814, . . . — — Map (db m243260) HM WM
In memory for the life of Dianne Bullis Snyder, Flight Attendant American Airlines Flight 11, Sept 11, 2001-February 12, 1959-September 11, 2001.To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die. — — Map (db m243188) HM
Born April 3, 1766 Married Anna Fowler Captain Lee’s Portrait-painted by General Kosciusko 1797 Captain of U.S. Revenue Cutter “Eagle” War 1812 Lee Academy built 1821 Hosted Marquis De Lafayette 1824 Named our town ‘Madison’ 1826 First town . . . — — Map (db m243265) HM
The town of Madison wishes to express our thoughts, prayers and eternal gratitude toward
Gold Star mothers and their families. Our sons and daughters died while serving our nation in time of war or conflict these brave warriors made the ultimate . . . — — Map (db m246965) WM
Fourth President of the United States-Father of the Constitution-Author of the Bill of Rights-Madison Connecticut Incorporated 1826 — — Map (db m243187) HM
Founded by Captain Frederick Lee and other pillars of the community as a privately funded co-educational institution for higher education, Lee’s Academy provided students with a level of instruction beyond the basic rudimentary subjects available in . . . — — Map (db m66475) HM
This area, formerly part of Guilford and known as East Guilford, was first settled about 1650 on land bought from the Nehantic and Mohegan Indians in 1641. With population increasing, settlers here sought separate parishes and the Society of East . . . — — Map (db m243183) HM
The people of the town of Madison dedicated this memorial to its citizens who answered their nation's call to arms. Their sacrifice helped keep his nation free with special affection we honor those who gave their lives that we all may live in . . . — — Map (db m243262) WM
This monument is dedicated to the citizens of Madison who have served our nation in the Armed Services since 1975. Their dedication to service in numerous conflicts, campaigns, and operations continues to protect our liberty, freedom and way of . . . — — Map (db m243185) WM
Erected in memory of all patriots of Madison (then east Guilford) who served in the War of Independence that this nation might be free. — — Map (db m243186) HM WM
Erected to honor those of Madison, Conn. who answered their country's call and gave their services for the great cause of liberty — — Map (db m243263) WM
1775 — 1976
This Monument Is Placed
On This Green By The
Members Of The
Silver City Detachment
Marine Corps League
Of Meriden In The Year
1976, To Honor All
U. S. Marines On The
201st Anniversary
Of The Marine Corps . . . — — Map (db m27290) HM
Abraham Lincoln in search of the nomination for the presidence addressed a ralley in the Town Hall of Meriden - March 7, 1860
" – and that government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." . . . — — Map (db m27288) HM WM
The 30 to 40 boys buried on this site were forgotten children of their time. Delinquent, orphaned or abandoned they came to live at the Connecticut School for Boys, a reform school that occupied these grounds from the early 1800s until 1973. The . . . — — Map (db m26508) HM
Abel, Arnold T. • Abrams, Charles E. • Adams, Armand E. • Adams, Harry P. • Adams, Joseph • Adaszkiewicz, Ignatius • Affeldt, Albert A. • Affeldt, John E. • Affeldt, Joseph M. • Aichler, Stanley J. • Alderman, Walter . . . — — Map (db m27285) WM
[ inscribed on the obelisk in the center of the pavilion ]
Dedicated To Those
Who Have Made
The Supreme
Sacrifice
Off. Milton Hodder Hamden 04/22/1943
Tpr./Trn. Stanley C. Heilberg C.S.P. 06/01/1929
Lt. Paul J. . . . — — Map (db m26504) HM
[Plaque on the south side]:
Count Casimir Pulaski
“Father of the American Cavalry”
Born in Poland 1747; came to America 1777, entering as a volunteer; distinguished himself at Battle of Brandywine, promoted to the Rank . . . — — Map (db m26589) HM
Cristoforo
Colombo
1492 500 1992
“In search for a better tomorrow,
we must discover today.”
Presented to
the people of Meriden, Connecticut
by
Unison Club
October 12th, . . . — — Map (db m26640)
Hubbard Park was a gift to the City of Meriden from industrialist and philanthropist Walter Hubbard in 1901. Consulting with landscape architect John Olmstead, son of Frederick law Olmstead, designer of New York's Central Park, Mr. Hubbard relied . . . — — Map (db m33632) HM
[Marker front]:
1661 – Meriden area first settled when Jonathan Gilbert is granted land by Connecticut Colony and employs Edward Higbee to operate an inn.
1670 – Greater part of present-day Meriden lands placed under . . . — — Map (db m26594) HM
In memory
of
the citizens
of Meriden
who answered
their
country’s call
Vietnam
1961 – 1975
Earl Bauchmann • Michael Chmura • Albert Christy • Wayne Cyr • Louis Dagle • Richard Hensley • Edward Jurek • Frank . . . — — Map (db m26598) WM
To The Memory Of
Our Fellow Citizens
Who Died
In Defense of the Government. 1861 – 65
Erected 1873
[ battle names on the column ]
Antietam • Gettysburg • Vicksburg • Fort Fisher • Appomattox • Atlanta • New Berne • . . . — — Map (db m27336) HM
This memorial presented by the City of Meriden to the veterans of the Spanish American War
Company L., First Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry.
Bowen, Charles B. • Jones, Delbert R. • Keeney, Raymond G. • Abel, Alfred A. • Abel, Arthur A. . . . — — Map (db m26601) HM
Dedicated To
The Memory of Those
From Meriden Who Made
The Supreme Sacrifice
In the Service Of
Their Country During
The World War
1917 ––– 1918
[ Soldiers’ names are listed on the central column . . . — — Map (db m26637) HM
Erected on September 21, 1925, Meriden’s Traffic Tower was an innovative traffic control device designed to provide safe travel for the vehicles and pedestrians of the growing city. The unique character of the tower quickly made it a local . . . — — Map (db m26642) HM
Length 78 feet – width 16 feet
Listed on the Register of
Historic Places
by the U.S. Department of
the Interior,
National Park Service
Erected in 1891
by
the Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Red Bridge is of lenticular pony truss . . . — — Map (db m26587) HM
The Patriots
whose names this tablet bears
and whose remains rest in
this burial ground
assisted in establishing American
independence by their
wervice in the War of the
American Revolution
Archelaus Allen • Stephen Atwater • James . . . — — Map (db m26588) HM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m27286) HM
City of Meriden
World War II Roll of Honor
[ The memorial consists of twelve bronze tablets. 5,280 names are listed. A small plaque labeled “Omissions” lists 102 additional names. ] [ The 144 names listed below . . . — — Map (db m26913) HM
Castle Craig
Dedicated october 29, 1900
Castle Craig Tower stands 32 feet high on 976 foot East Peak in Meriden's Olmstead designed Hubbard Park. It has the distinction of being the highest point within 25 miles of the coast from Maine to . . . — — Map (db m33628) HM
At the site of Perrotti's West Street Pizza & Pub the trolley passed under Route 188 and then was moved from its original site at Westover School in 1908. The Bissell Store became the Ferrante and Delaney Store and was destroyed by fire in 1940. . . . — — Map (db m29487) HM
This old house was once part of the Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm. The family of Samuel and Sarah Fenn owned it from 1887 to 1923. This house was purchased by the Blick Family in 1936 and the Middlebury Garage was established in 1937. The house . . . — — Map (db m29491) HM
The trolley bed was located where we now have the Greenway Trail.
The picture was taken in 1910. it was common for trolley companies to build and operate recreation facilities to provide a passenger base for the line. The Amusement Park was such . . . — — Map (db m29496) HM
The name of the town derives from the central
position its meeting house occupies, six
miles from three older neighbors, Waterbury,
Southbury and Woodbury.
Winter ecclesiastical privileges, permitting
local church services, were . . . — — Map (db m19689) HM
Westover School located across from the Green was once the location of the original Blacksmith Shop. It was later relocated to Store Rd. near the spot where the old trolley waiting room was once located. The blacksmith shop has a long history dating . . . — — Map (db m29530) HM
Middlebury Honors Those Who Have Served
In The Wars Of Their Country
French – Indian War
Abner Munson
Revolutionary War
David Abbott, Benjamin Bemont, Aaron Benedict, Enos Benham, Samuel Benham, Edward Blackman, Michael Bowers, . . . — — Map (db m29503) WM
In this vicinity
French Troops under
Rochambeau
enroute to Yorktown
encamped during June 1781
Erected by the state
and
Mattatuck Branch,
Sons Amer. Rev.
Cooperating — — Map (db m19690) HM
On this site in 1949 the volunteers of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, using donated and salvaged materials, built a fire station on land donated by the Vaszauskas family.
Pictured are the original 1941 Ford LaFrance, 1947 International . . . — — Map (db m29532) HM
The Trolley Line, which serviced passengers from Waterbury to Middlebury and then on to Woodbury, also carried ice and produce.
During the winter months, 200,000 pounds of ice was harvested at Lake Quassapaug and carried by trolley to Waterbury. . . . — — Map (db m29494) HM
A Connecticut
Minuteman’s Homestead
At 139 North Street lived Revolutionary War “Minuteman” John Downs (1745 – 1819). A “minuteman” was a patriot who, with the local militia, would respond quickly to an alarm. With . . . — — Map (db m56917) HM
Eells – Stow House
Circa 1700
Home of Samuel Eells and Captain Stephen and Freelove Baldwin Stow. 1752
Recorded property on the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m26439) HM
Near this site stood
The home of Robert Treat
A founder of Milford
Deputy Governor and Governor
Of Connecticut 1676 – 1708
Founder of Newark, New Jersey
1665 - 1672 — — Map (db m56918) HM
Site of
King’s Bridge - 1711
connecting
Peacocke Lane (Maple Street)
to Governor’s Lane (Avenue)
Freelove Baldwin Stow Chapter
D.A.R.
July 4, 1962 — — Map (db m26331) HM
History of Liberty Rock
Liberty Rock as we call it today was one known as “Hog Rock”. With a little imagination, the rock appears to be in the shape of a hog. Somewhere in the rock can be found the imprint of a hog’s foot.
The . . . — — Map (db m26308) HM
[ east side of the column ]
This Bridge Dedicated
On the 300th Anniversary
Of the Settlement Of
The Town of Milford
A Memorial to Three
Milford Men Who Were
Governors of the Colony
and
State Of Connecticut
[ north side . . . — — Map (db m26445) HM
This area was settled in 1639 as an independent colony by a congregation of English Puritans led by their minister, the Reverend Peter Prudden. Land was purchased from Ansantawae, a sachem of the Paugusset Indians and originally named Wepewaug. It . . . — — Map (db m26324) HM
[ southeast side ]
“We mourn the fallen,
We grieve for the missing,
We celebrate the return of
Our valiant men and women”
[ northeast side ]
Vietnam 1961 – 1973
[ southwest side ]
. . . — — Map (db m26309) WM
[ panel 1 ]
In Grateful Remembrance
World War II 1941 – 1945
and
Korean Conflict 1950
Adams, Thomas D. •
Allison, Eli
[ panel 2 ]
Almquist, Edward F. • Anderson, Christian A. Jr. • Anderson, James H. • . . . — — Map (db m26312) WM
( stones on the large north west tower )
In Memoriam
Robert Treat
For Thirty Years
Governour & Deputy Gov.
of the Colony of
Connecticut
Obit - 1710
Ansantawae
His Mark
1639
Memorial Committee
G.A. Tomlinson P.S. . . . — — Map (db m72854) HM
[ south side ]
Milford Remembers
New York City
Erected by the People of Milford, Connecticut in memory of the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. With special . . . — — Map (db m26336) HM
This bell obtained by Arctic Engine Company, No. 1, in 1887, served as the City of Milford’s first fire alarm warning system from 1887 into the 1930’s.
It summoned the town’s volunteer firemen to the call of duty when an emergency arose. It was . . . — — Map (db m26314) HM
[ south side plaque ]
Our Honored Dead
May Every Generation
Of Young Americans Be Given
Power to Translate Their Lives In
Terms of Sacrifice for Mankind
List of Milford Dead
Blackhall, Geo B. • Clark, Charles S. . . . — — Map (db m26395) HM
Somewhere in the adjacent cemetery lies the unmarked grave of Peter Pond, a veteran of the French and Indian War, fur trader, explorer and cartographer born in Milford. He helped organize expeditions west of the Great Lakes. He became . . . — — Map (db m54721) HM
Across this harbor, on January 1, 1777, a British ship flying a flag of truce, put ashore 200 American Revolutionary War prisoners, all desperately ill with smallpox. The people of Milford made accomodations to shelter them, using the town hall as . . . — — Map (db m80398) HM
The Explorer, completed in 1936, was the last boat built by the pioneering submarine designer and builder, Simon Lake. The Explorer was intended strictly for research and salvage and was linked to a mother ship for air and power. Divers could enter . . . — — Map (db m27896) HM
[ North Side ]
A Tribute
To the Memory of the Men
Who Risked Their Lives That
The Nation Might Live
1861-1865
[ South Side ]
Erected By
George Van Horn Post
No. 39. G.A.R.
And Friends [ Battle . . . — — Map (db m26311) HM
Roll Of Honor
American Legion Home
Naugatuck Post No 17
This Building Is Dedicated
To The Memory Of These Men
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War II
And
In Honor Of
The Men And Women Of Naugatuck
Who Served In The Armed . . . — — Map (db m83094) WM
(Front)
These lands were settled in 1702 by Samuel Hickox, Jr. of Mattatuck, now called Waterbury. Eight years later he began operation of a fulling mill, the first of many and diverse industries to follow. The earliest school was built . . . — — Map (db m23917) HM
[ east face ]
Victory is Consecrated by a Righteous Peace
[ north face ]
In Time of Peril the State is Fortified by Discipline Learned in Peace
[ south face ]
Armed and Resolute Might . . . — — Map (db m23961) HM
[ East face ]
Erected by the Citizens of
Naugatuck
A.D. 1885.
In Memory of Her Sons
Who Fought to Maintain
The Union
1861-1865.
[ North face ]
The Deeds of Those
Who Died in Defense
Of the Government . . . — — Map (db m23920) HM
Naugatuck Honors the Men and Women who Served Their Country in Time of Need
[ Center panel ]
Vietnam
Alho, Antonio L. • Brewer, Samuel A. • Carney, James P. • Fabrisi, Pail E. • Holland, Joseph P. • Schultz, John P. . . . — — Map (db m23918) WM
In Honor Of
The Employees Of
Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove
Manufacturing Company
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – . . . — — Map (db m83083) WM
In Honor Of
The Employees Of
Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe
Company
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – 1919
Samuel W.K. . . . — — Map (db m83084) WM
In Honor Of
The Employees Of
United States Rubber Company
• Jersey Factory •
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – 1919
Henry J. . . . — — Map (db m241145) WM
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
--------
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
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