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)
Music, sports and pop culture, then history, dance and humor, bookend the big annual fireworks show. …
Have a Blast
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. …
Have a Peak
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 …
Have a Blast
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…
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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