Kent Veterans Memorial

KENT — The Veterans Memorial, located between routes 7 and 341, has become an important stop on Kent’s Memorial Day parade route. Dedicated on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009, the Veterans Memorial lists the names of the men and women who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The building of the monument was a community project, and important to Kent, which previously had only a wooden sign for World War II veterans, and some of the names on it were in question.The Kent Historical Society, the Hall-Jennings American Legion Post No. 157 and former First Selectman Ruth Epstein thought it was important that a new memorial be made.During World War II, the population of Kent was about 1,250, said Charolotte Lindsey of the Kent Historical Society Board of Trustees. A little over 200 men and women, about 17 percent of the town, was sent to war.The idea for the memorial, which includes four granite columns, was created by Navy veteran Victor Reiling, who also invented toys.The first $2,000 to fund the memorial came from former state Rep. Mary Anne Carson. After that, fundraising took off.“It just came in,” Lindsey said. “We had $5, we had $1,000. We had kids out selling cookies. It was just a real community effort.”Most of the construction work for the monument was donated by local contractors, many of them veterans.“It just worked,” said Lindsey. “It just felt right. It went so beautifully.”

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