Putnam Memorial State Park
499 Black Rock Tpke, Redding, CT 06896, USA
Connecticut, USA
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VILLAGE
EST. 1729
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1729
1778
Putnam, Israel
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Putnam Memorial State Park.
A Connecticut state park preserving archaeological traces and reconstructed features of the Continental Army’s 1778–1779 winter encampment. The wooded property contains hut sites, a reconstructed guardhouse and officers’ hut, monuments, museum buildings, trails, picnic grounds, and interpretive markers across the former camp landscape.
About Putnam Memorial State Park
Over 3,000 men were sent into winter quarters spread throughout three camps in Redding. The camps were established to keep an eye on the storehouses in Danbury, Connecticut, and to protect Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Valley.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Putnam Memorial State Park
Many of these men were the same who had suffered at Valley Forgethe previous winter. The 2nd Canadian Regiment, or Congress' Own, under the command of Moses Hazen and the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment under the command of Enoch Poor were stationed at this location.
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