Fort Griswold Monument

An 1830 obelisk, 127 feet tall, erected to honor the 88 men massacred at Fort Griswold on September 6, 1781. The monument was among the first large-scale commemorative structures in New England dedicated to Revolutionary War victims. A museum at the base contains artifacts from the battle, the names of those killed, and exhibits on Colonel William Ledyard and the aftermath. The monument is visible from the Thames River.