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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U71_thomas-hopkins-gallaudet-historical_West-Hartford-CT.html
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL. D.
Born in Philadelphia December 10, 1787
Founded
At Hartford the First School for the Deaf
In America 1817
Died at Hartford September 10, 1851
(east face)
Friend
Teacher
benefactor
(south face)
This Replic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U70_laurent-clerc-historical_West-Hartford-CT.html
Laurent Clerc
The Apostle
To The Deaf Mutes Of The
New World
(north face)
Laurent Clerc A.M.
Born in La Balme, France
December 26, 1785
Landed at New York
August 9, 1816
Died at Hartford
July 18, 1869
(south face)
Erected By The Deaf …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U6Z_old-north-cemetery-historical_West-Hartford-CT.html
Old North Cemetery
This graveyard was established in 1790, when Thomas Merrell of the West Division Parish (West Hartford) sold three quarters of an acre to the Town of Hartford. From time to time there were additions, the last in 1852. West Hart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U6Y_old-center-cemetery-historical_West-Hartford-CT.html
Old Center Cemetery
The land for this cemetery, the oldest official burying ground in West Hartford was acquired in 1719 by the Town of Hartford for the benefit of its West Division Parish (West Hartford). It remained the principal place of buria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U6X_in-memory-of-french-soldiers-a-war-memorial_West-Hartford-CT.html
In Memory of French Soldiers
Who died in West Hartford
During the Revolutionary War
Erected by the D.A.R. 1923
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLV_webster-walk_West-Hartford-CT.html
Another popular man of letters, and a true American original that eventually made Hartford his home, was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.
Twain started out as a printer's apprentice and typesetter, and shared …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLU_webster-walk_West-Hartford-CT.html
Noah Webster loved letters and language. Concerned that there was no guide for proper spelling and speech in the new country, he developed a primer for a distinctly American pronunciation and spelling which was published in 1783. It became the fam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1934_burgoyne-rest_West-Hartford-CT.html
Through the dedicated efforts of the Elmwood Business Associates and the West Hartford Lions Club, this park was established where the great stand of elms, from which Elmwood took its name, once grew. They were planted to commemorate the victory o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1933_burgoyne-elms_West-Hartford-CT.html
A group of elm trees formerly stood in a small triangle in the intersection of Quaker Lane South and New Britain Avenue, the old south road to Farmington. Ebenezer Faxon and other residents in southern West Hartford planted the elm saplings to cel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1932_berry-rosenblatt-us-army-reserve-center_West-Hartford-CT.html
Dedicated in honored memory ofPfc Harold J Barry, JrDied of Wounds Suffered in Philippine Islands20 March 19451st LT Charles A RosenblattDied of Wounds Suffered in Germany25 November 1944