Historical Markers and War Memorials in Thompson, Connecticut
Willimantic is the county seat for Windham County
Thompson is in Windham County
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On Thompson Road (Connecticut Route 193) at Thomson Hill Road (Route 200), on the left when traveling north on Thompson Road.
Front The territory which the Nipmuc Indians called
“Quinnatisset”, now included in the town of
Thompson, was settled in 1693. The first
settler, Richard Evans of Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, purchased 200 acres in the . . . — — Map (db m101969) HM
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
We fight not to enslave
but to set a country free
and to make room upon the
earth for honest men to live
T. Paine 1739 — 1809
The Persian Gulf
Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m195570) WM
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
In Remembrance to the Men of Thompson
Killed In Action in Defense of Our Country
World War I
William Adams · Eldi Morin · Forest E. Young · William Broughton · Oscar W. Swanson
World War II
Theodore Angelo · Paul Auger · Frank Bednarz · . . . — — Map (db m195563) WM
In Memoriam
Soldiers of The Revolutionary War
Who rest in this yard
William Alton · Issachar Bates · Aaron Bixby · Bryant Brown · Gardner Bartholomew · Elijah Carpenter · Jonathan Copeland · Capt. Stephen Crosby · Elijah Crosby · Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m127076) HM WM
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
In Dedication
To the Men and Women of the
Town of Thompson who Served
Their Country with Honor from
The Revolutionary War to Vietnam
July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m195561) WM
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
War Memorial
Town of Thompson 1968
Men & Women who Served in the Armed Forces
World War II — Korean — Vietnam
The Following made the Supreme Sacrifice
World War II
★Paul Auger · ★James E. Waldron · ★Thenasi Celia · . . . — — Map (db m195567) WM
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
To the Men of Thompson
Who Offered Their Lives in the
Service of Their Country in the
Great War for World Wide Liberty
1917 — 1919 — — Map (db m195562) WM