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( Lower Plaque )New London Columbus Statue Fund CommitteeItalian Americans donated this statue of Christopher Columbus to the city of New London on October 12, 1928. Italian American Civic Association
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSU_site-orientation_New-London-CT.html
On this rocky and windy promontory overlooking the Thames River, more than two hundred years of military history have unfolded. The history of this place and those who served here reflects strategic and technological developments from the American…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSS_union-station_New-London-CT.html
Union Station was originally designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and built in 1885. Union Station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was saved, restored and adaptively reused through the efforts of: Union Railroad Station…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSO_15-bank-street_New-London-CT.html
Built in the neoclassical style forJoseph Lawrence, head of a prominentNew London whaling family,as a hall for lectures and exhibits. Historic Waterfront District Heritage TrailNew London Main Street 2006Funded by City Center District &City of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSN_2-state-street_New-London-CT.html
Built as a warehouse and ships chandleryfor the whaling firm of Perkins & Smith.In 1889, became the Winthrop Hotel torecognize the city's founder,John Winthrop Jr. Historic Waterfront District Heritage TrailNew London Main Street 2006Funded by …
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By Henry Hobson Richardson, initiatorof Romanesque revival in America andarchitect of Trinity Church in Bostonand Harvard University's Sever Hall. Historic Waterfront District Heritage TrailNew London Main Street 2006Funded by City Center Distr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSK_16-bank-street_New-London-CT.html
Figureheads in cornice reflect NewLondon's maritime tradition.Originally housed the New EnglandCigar and Tobacco Company. Historic Waterfront District Heritage TrailNew London Main Street 2006Funded by City Center District &City of New London, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWMJ_aim-load-fire_New-London-CT.html
This scene features a replica 32-pound cannon that would have been employed here during the 1850s and 1860s. Thirty-two pound refers to the weight of the cannonballs used in this weapon. The soldiers are in the process of sponging the bore, or cle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWMI_cold-war_New-London-CT.html
World War II ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany and Japan, but it was an uneasy peace that followed. Although the U.S.S.R. had been America's ally during the war, after the war, the Soviet Union asserted control over eastern Europe, formi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM9_scientific-research_New-London-CT.html
Before the United States entered World War II, German U-boats again inflicted death and destruction on the seas by sinking Allied ships as they had in World War I. In January 1942, the month after the United States entered the war, the Germans beg…
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