Connecticut School for Boys Burial Ground
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
"The 30 to 40 boys buried on this site were forgotten children of their time. Delinquent, orphaned or abandoned, they came to live at the Connecticut School for Boys, a reform school that occupied these grounds from the early 1800s until 1973. The boys who lie here died of childhood diseases or accidents. Often there was no family to claim their bodies, and they were buried in unmarked graves. The names of most of the boys are unknown. The tall trees surrounding this spot were planted in 1947 as a memorial to mark their resting place. The Connecticut General Assembly designated this small graveyard an "ancient burial ground" in 1986, assuring that the boys will lie here, undisturbed, in perpetuity."
"The 30 to 40 boys buried on this site were forgotten children of their time. Delinquent, orphaned or abandoned, they came to live at the Connecticut School for Boys, a reform school that occupied these grounds from the early 1800s until 1973. The boys who lie here died of childhood diseases or accidents. Often there was no family to claim their bodies, and they were buried in unmarked graves. The names of most of the boys are unknown. The tall trees surrounding this spot were planted in 1947 as a memorial to mark their resting place. The Connecticut General Assembly designated this small graveyard an "ancient burial ground" in 1986, assuring that the boys will lie here, undisturbed, in perpetuity."
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Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- Total memorials5
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- Total memorials1k+
- Percent photographed94%
- Percent with GPS1%
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed82%
- Percent with GPS2%
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed85%
- Percent with GPS1%
- Added: 21 Sep 2004
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1993727
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