Harwinton Veterans Memorial

Dedicated To Those Who Served Our Country

World War I

Balch, Walter • Casson, Walter • Delay, Edmond • Hamm, Michael Sr. • Hooper, Frederick J. • Pregna, Joseph • Pregna, William • Reynolds, Alfred H. • Weingart, Fred

World War II

Arnold, Francis ...

Fort C. F. Smith

Construction of this strong defensive work began in 1862 during the Confederate occupation of Bowling Green. After the Confederates abandoned the city the Union Army completed the fortification, named Fort C. F. Smith in honor of General Charles Ferguson Smith.

Of ...

Brenton Point Maritime Memorial

In Honor of Ernest Coggeshall, Jr.

9/2/15 – 4/27/95

Capt. Joseph X. “Jay” O’Brien, Jr.

4/21/54 – 12/16/90

Dad, Mom and Family

[ Right Side of Monument : ]

James Wah Gin Wong

1918 – 1993

Stephen Joseph Fougere

1954 – 1972

John Henry Rayner

1956 – 1990

James T. O’Connell

1889 – ...

Morgan's Command Organized

Fall 1861

On September 20, 1861 John Hunt Morgan left Lexington, Kentucky with two wagons full of arms he had taken from the Lexington Armory. Eight days later he and his men, the Lexington Rifles arrived in Bowling Green and began ...

Defending the L&N Railroad

Building a Defence Stockade for the L&N Trestle on the Big Barren River

Railroad tracks, trestles and tunnels were frequent targets of Confederate cavalry raids and infantry attacks. During his "lightening raids" into Kentucky, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and ...

The Civil War in Bowling Green

Because of its important transportation routes, both armies recognized Bowling Green's strategic location during the Civil War. The city was occupied briefly by Confederate troops, who used many of the surrounding hills for fortifications. For the remainder of the war, ...

Harwinton

Harwinton

The town was settled in 1731, named in 1732 from Harry(tford) and Win(dsor), and became incorporated in October, 1737. Located on the Hartford-Litchfield Turnpike, Harwinton was primarily an agricultural community with many part-time industries carried on in conjunction with farming. ...

Appomattox Manor

Patented 1635 by Captain Francis Eppes, who came by tradition in the Hopewell. Owned by the same family probably longer than any land in U.S. Shelled by British during American Revolution.

Marker is at the intersection of Cedar Lane and Pecan ...

The Bridge

Four bridges have spanned the Barren River at this site. The center pylon dates from the first bridge that was built in 1838. The Confederate Army burned the 1838 wooden bridge when evacuating Bowling Green in 1862. The current bridge ...

Bowling Green & Warren County

Established in 1797, Warren County is named for Revolutionary War hero, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston. Bowling Green was platted in the late 1790s and incorporated in 1812. The city is believed to be named for New York's Bowling Green ...