Places to visit
War Memorials & Military Museums in Connecticut
55 war memorials and 5 military museums in Connecticut — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.
55memorials
5museums
Military museums (5)
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Bristol Memorial Military Museum | Bristol |
| Haddam Veterans' Museum | near East Hampton |
| Submarine Force Library and Museum | Groton |
| Greater Middletown Military Museum Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-15:00, Sa 10:00-14:00 | Middletown |
| New England Civil War Museum Hours: Sa,Su 11:00-15:00 | Vernon |
Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in Connecticut
- Evergreen Cemetery3 recipients
- St. Mary's Cemetery3 recipients
- Forest View Cemetery2 recipients
- Indian Hill Cemetery2 recipients
- Mountain Grove Cemetery2 recipients
- Cedar Grove Cemetery1 recipient
- Collinsville Cemetery1 recipient
- Colonel Ledyard Cemetery1 recipient
- Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery1 recipient
- Fairlawn Cemetery1 recipient
- Jordan Cemetery1 recipient
- Lower Mystic Cemetery1 recipient
- Maple Grove Cemetery1 recipient
- Mount St. Benedict Cemetery1 recipient
- New Hanover Cemetery1 recipient
War memorials
Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Kensington Soldier's Monument | near Berlin |
| Korean War Memorial | near Brooklyn |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | near Brooklyn |
| World War II Veterans Memorial | near Brooklyn |
| Clinton War Memorial “THE PEOPLE OF CLINTON HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY” | near Clinton |
| Guilford Vietnam War Memorial | near Clinton |
| Guilford World War I Memorial | near Clinton |
| Guilford World War II Memorial | near Clinton |
| Killingworth's World War Heroes | near Clinton |
| Soldiers and Sailors Monument “Erected by The Women’s Relief Corps and the citizens of Clinton in memory of the soldiers and sailors who fought to preserve the Union....” | near Clinton |
| Tribute to Freedom | near Clinton |
| Veteran's Walk Memorial | near Clinton |
| Westbrook Honor Roll | near Clinton |
| East Lyme Veterans Memorial | near East Lyme |
| Lyme Roll of Honor “World War 1917 1918” | near East Lyme |
| Lyme's Veterans Memorial | near East Lyme |
| The Eagle | near East Lyme |
| Veterans Memorial | near East Lyme |
| Battle of Groton Heights Prisoners Memorial “In honor of the 38 patriots who were carried as prisoners in boats to New York from this shore after The Battle of Groton Heights...” | near Groton |
| Noank Remembers Memorial Bell | near Ledyard |
| City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor | near Middletown |
| Connecticut Trees of Honor Memorial | near Middletown |
| Durham War Memorial | near Middletown |
| Korea/Vietnam Memorial | near Middletown |
| Wallingford Korean War Memorial | near Middletown |
| Wallingford World War I Memorial | near Middletown |
| Wallingford World War II Memorial | near Middletown |
| World War II Memorial | near Middletown |
| Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial | near Milford |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | near Milford |
| West Hartford Veterans Memorial | near Newington |
| Willington Veteran's Memorial “For All Who Served, Gone But Never Forgotten” | near Vernon |
| Soldiers’ Monument | near Waterbury |
| Blue Star Memorial | near Wesport |
| Fairfield Honor Roll “FAIRFIELD HONOR ROLL IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II KOREA VIET NAM PERSIAN GULF” | near Wesport |
| War Memorial | near Wesport |
| War Memorial | near Wesport |
| 29th Colored Regiment Monument | near West Haven |
| A Tribute to the Valor | near West Haven |
| Defenders’ Monument | near West Haven |
| Holocaust Memorial | near West Haven |
| Korean and Vietnam Memorial | near West Haven |
| Spanish-American War Memorial | near West Haven |
| Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II | near West Haven |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | near West Haven |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | near West Haven |
| World War I Cenotaph “In Memory of the Men of Yale who true to Her Traditions gave their Lives that Freedom might not perish from the Earth. 1914 Anno Domini 1918.” | near West Haven |
| World War II | near West Haven |
| World War II Memorial | near West Haven |
| World War II Veteran's Memorial | near West Haven |
| World War Memorial | near West Haven |
| Wounded combat veterans’ monument | near West Haven |
| Soldiers Memorial Hall | Windsor Locks |
| Veterans' Memorial | near Windsor Locks |
| World War I Memorial | — |
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Help & support
Veteran resources in Connecticut
VA care, cemeteries, USO centers, posts and meeting places.
Medal of HonorRecipients from Connecticut
81 recipients.
Memorial and museum locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some entries may be incomplete; opening hours of museums should be checked before visiting.