East Canaan Veterans Memorial Bell - East Canaan, CT
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The East Canaan Veterans Memorial Bell is located at the intersection of Route 44, East Canaan Road, and Lower Road in East Canaan, CT.
Waymark Code: WMGM45
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2013
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The East Canaan Veterans Memorial is a 6.5' high field-stone triple exedra topped by a bronze bell. The monument rests on a circular concrete base with a walkway leads southwest to the monument from the direction of Route 44.
Within a double line band near the top of the bell is the inscription:
DOOLITTLE FECIT 1822 FOR W B&B HARTFORD
A marble plaque on the northeast exedra face is inscribed:
THIS MEMORIAL
WAS ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS & FRIENDS
OF
EAST CANAAN CONN
1928
A marble plaque on the southwest exedra face has the starting dates of the: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO DEFENDED
THEIR COUNTRY
*1776* – *1812*
*1865* - *1898*
A marble plaque on the southeast exedra face has the dates of World War I and is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO ANSWERED
THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL
1917 – 1918
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