Lebanon Veterans Monument

Lebanon honored veterans of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Spanish War, and the World War, recalling the town’s service and sacrifice across generations. In the Revolutionary War, the town gave the American cause Governor Jonathan Trumbull, the only one of the thirteen colonial governors who remained steadfast, and William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Lebanon, home of the Council of Safety; the town took pride in the achievements of its men who fought for justice and liberty. In the Civil War, its veterans promptly and willingly answered the nation’s call, served in eleven regiments, and fought in more than one hundred battles, while William Buckingham, born and raised in Lebanon, rendered efficient service as Connecticut’s second war governor. The town also revered those who served honorably in the War of 1812, honored those in the Spanish War who aided an oppressed people seeking independence, and praised those in the World War for serving on land and sea with honor, loyalty, sacrifice, and devotion to establishing the principle of right throughout the world.

Lebanon, Connecticut · United States