Sandy Hook School Shooting - Norwalk, CT
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A memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Waymark Code: WM14DP3
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2021
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On December 14, 2012, a mentally ill young man entered an elementary school and began shooting. The result is that 26 people inside the school died. 20 of them were young children and six were faculty members.
All over Connecticut, memorials have been placed to remember the loss of life and innocence. This memorial is at Oyster Shell Park in Norwalk, CT. In another area of the park is a playground that was built in memory of Allison Wyatt, one of the children who was shot in the massacre.
More information on the Sandy Hook shooting can be found here: (
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This memorial is a granite marker. At the top it says Remember Newtown. Newtown is the town where the village of Sandy Hook is located.
Text of marker:
Remember Newtown
We Are Young But Once, Embrace Life, Memories, And "Love All Who Surround Us"
Charlotte Bacon
Daniel Barden
Rachel Davino
Olivia Engel
Josephine Gay
Dylan Hockley
Dawn Hochsprung
Madeline F. Hsu
Catherine V. Hubbard
Chase Kowalski
Jesse Lewis
Anna Marquez-Greene
James Mattioli
Grace McDonnell
Anne Marie Murphy
Emilie Parker
Jack Pinto
Noah Pozner
Caroline Previdi
Jessica Rekos
Avielle Richman
Lauren Rousseau
Mary Sherlach
Victoria Soto
Benjamin Wheeler
Allison N. Wyatt
This marker is at the top of the hill at Oyster Shell Park, with a view of the Norwalk River. Lining the path leading up to the monument are 26 autumn gold ginko biloba trees, one to represent each victim.
The trees, monument, and landscaping were all donated by local businesses. More information about the memoiral can be found here: (
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