Tag Archives: Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

Rising in the East

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East Rock Park has been there our whole lifetimes, its tower a landmark to orient the traveler, its traprock cliffs changing color with the time of day. But until last year, many New Haveners didn’t give it much more thought …

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This Week in New Haven (July 1 – 7)

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Music, sports and pop culture, then history, dance and humor, bookend the big annual fireworks show. …

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Have a Blast

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As it looks out over the city from the summit of East Rock, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is good at getting us to look back. …

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Have a Peak

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A photo essay.

Marking the peak of East Rock, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument also marks the spot where the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show launches, with …

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Have a Blast

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The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument atop East Rock reaches high into the air.

It’s also highly meaningful, memorializing local casualties of four wars, not just one, including…

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War and Peace

War and Peace

Monday is Memorial Day, and New Haven is packed with memorials year-round. Between 1887 and 1905, three separate monuments were erected to honor the Civil War, and they’re all still standing. There’s the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument atop East Rock …

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