Liberty Bell Replica - Norfolk, CT
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A replica of the Liberty Bell is located on top of the Norfolk World War I Memorial which is located at the intersection of US Route 44 and SR 272 in Norfolk, CT.
Waymark Code: WM12CJB
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2020
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The bell atop of the The Norfolk World War I Memorial is identified as a Liberty Bell replica by the inscriptions:
PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XXV X.
BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENSYLVANIA FOR THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADA
PASS AND STOW
PHILADA
MDCCLIII
The World War I monument in Norfolk, CT is a rustic style, triple fieldstone exedra topped by a replica of the Liberty Bell. It is 21' wide on each side and 15' high. A dedication plaque honors those who died and two other plaques contain a listing the names of citizens from Norfolk who participated in World War I. The monument was constructed in 1921 to a design by New York City architect Alfredo S.G. Taylor.
The dedication plaque is inscribed:
1917 THE WORLD WAR 1918
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO GAVE AND THOSE
WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY
THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK HAVE BUILT
THIS MONUMENT AND CROWNED IT WITH
THE LIBERTY BELL
IN THE FAITH THAT IT WILL RING THE
KNELL OF WAR
AND PROCLAIM THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
{small lettering on the lower left}
THE BELL WAS DONATED BY MARY ELDRIDGE
IT IS A CAREFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE
ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL IN INDEPENDENCE HALL
{small lettering on the lower right}
DEDICATED NOV. 11, 1921 MONUMENT COMMITTEE
REV. JOHN F. MCDONALD RICHMOND P. PAINE
ALFREDO S.C. TAYLOR ARCHITECT FECIT.
J.W. FISKE IRON WORKS, N.Y.
The plaque on the east is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:
THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
THE WORLD WAR
1917 – 1918
CONCETTO BAZZANO
JOSEPH W. BENBOW
PAUL E. BLANCHARD
JOHN L. BLOW
JOHN BOUCHET
ELDRIDGE BRIDGMAN
EDMUND BROWN, JR.
CHARLES M. BURR
JOHN P. BYRON
WILLIAM BYRON
CLARENCE R. CARTER
HAROLD F. CARTER
H. CORDIS CARTER
CARMELO CATINELLA
JOHN CHRISTINAT
----- palm frond ------
DIED
IN
SERVICE
PAUL BOUCHET
WALTER G. CAUL
THOMAS COSTELLO
JEREMIAH LEAHY
WILBUR LEFEBER
HARRY L. MANSFIELD
JAMES A. MOORE
JOSEPH ROBERTS
----- palm frond ------
DWIGHT N. CLARK
GEORGE L. CLARK
EDWARD COSTELLO
MICHAEL COSTELLO
JOHN J. CURTISS
LESTER M. CURTISS
WILLIAM H. CURTISS
CLARENCE J. DEMARS
HARRY C. DEMARS
MAURICE F. DUTCHER
MULFORD J. DUTCHER
FLORENCE FIELDS
JOHN GARRITY
ALBERT W. GREEN
GEORGE A. GREEN
The plaque on the west is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:
THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
THE WORLD WAR
1917 – 1918
FRANK R. HORTON
LYLE P. HUMPHREY
J. HENRY JORDAN
WILLIAM A. JORDAN
HIRAM P. LAWRENCE
THOMAS LEAHY
VINCENZO LOGIUDICE
DANIEL J. MAHONEY
MATTHEW J. MAHONEY
CHARLES MCCARTHY
EUGENE T. MCCARTHY
IAN MCVICAR
JOHN E. MOORE
THOMAS MORRIS
----- palm frond ------
GEORGE NASH
JOSEPH P. O'CONNELL
HAROLD L. PARKER
FRANCESCO PISTRITTO
FREDERICK L. PRESTON
FRED ROBERTS
LESTER E. ROBERTS
HARRY E. ROOT
LESTER B. ROOT
REGINALD ROWLAND
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
LOUIS F. SCHMELTZ
HAROLD D. SCOVILLE
----- palm frond ------
STANLEY J. SCOVILLE
HERBERT M. SOULE
JAMES B. SPAULDING
WILLIAM F. STEARNS JR.
ELLIS SYLVERNALE
NEAL SYLVERNALE
PERRY M. SYLVERNALE
WILLIAM F. TOBIN
LAWRENCE TRASK
ANTONIO VERNALE
SEBASTIANO VERNALE
RICHARD J. WHALEN
ABRAHAM L. WILLIAMS
JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS
The Norfolk World War I Memorial was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 1984 citing its architectural significance.