in 1967 The Connecticut General Assembly approved legislation directing the then Connecticut Historical Commission to “provide an appropriate marker describing the time and place and circumstance of the founding and subsequent history of each of the towns in the state”… In accordance with the state requirements, a marker was provided without charge to each town if they agreed to erect and maintain it and the site on which it is located. I have located and photographed almost all of the official state issued town markers, 168 of the 169 official towns of Connecticut. The only marker not located was the Greenwich marker which has gone missing however I do have the text of the marker, from a book that was printed in the 80’s by the Connecticut Historical Society. Cast by Sewah Studios of Ohio, the first marker was placed in 1970 and the last was placed in the mid-80s. They are usually located in front of a Town/City Hall, local Historical Society or Town Green. However, some were located elsewhere and or have been moved over time. The text on the marker was provided by the individual towns. A few markers were 1-sided, but most were 2-sided with either the same text on both sides or longer text continuing from one side to the next.
I’ve also identified additional markers which I refer to as secondary markers. These are similar appearing markers to designate a specific point of interest within the town. For example: One in Lake Compounce indicating it is the nation’s oldest continually operating amusement park. This is a second marker in Bristol, the first being the primary Bristol Town marker in front of City Hall.
I will tag a moderate to merge these posts because this create spam they will merge your post in a single thread