Colchester honored the men and women from the town who served their country in times of need, praising their sacrifice for the preservation of liberty and freedom and against aggression, communism, and the enslavement of people so that government of, for, and by the people should not perish. It records Colchester residents who served in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and in the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1953, and it identifies those from the town who gave their lives in World War II and the Korean Conflict.