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KENSINGTON CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL

KENSINGTON CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: KENSINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-312 PERCIVAL AVENUE

City: KENSINGTON

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6037

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1863

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Submitted By: JOHN W. HACKETT, POST COMMANDER AMERICAN LEGION POST 68

THIS IS THE FIRST CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL ERECTED IN CONNECTICUT AND THE FIRST PERMANENT CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF RELATIVES ON THE MEMORIAL: FATHER AND SON JAMES AND RICHARD RINGWOOD AND BROTHERS WILLIAM AND JOHN WARNER.


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