Friday, August 19, 2011

Civil War monument in Seymour to be rededicated

Soldiers' Monument at French Memorial Park in Seymour will be rededicated Aug. 27. Patricia Villers/Register

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
SEYMOUR — American Legion Post 10 and the town next week will rededicate a Civil War monument that has stood for more than a century in French Memorial Park.
First Selectman Paul Roy has invited the public to bring picnics and lawn chairs to the event, which will start at 4 p.m. Aug. 27.
The event at Soldiers’ Monument is part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Roy said.

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