Picture Connecticut: A Sentinel At The Ready

EAST HARTFORD, CT — In the town of East Hartford, a soldier is always standing watch over the town's government hub and the citizenry in general.

The town's Doughboy statue was a fixture this week on a gloomy morning approaching the 105th anniversary of the end of World War I. It stands along the 800 block of Main Street.

Town historians point out the soldier is "at the ready" for the entire town.

The statue was put in place in 1929, "by the citizens of East Hartford," and underwent restoration work five years ago to commemorate the war's 100th anniversary. The statue was designed to remember those who fought and died and those who survived.

Here is the full inscription:

Here is a front view:

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly Patch series featuring unique images of the state, past and present.

Previous featured images:

• The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford
• The indoor bush plane, Hartford County
• The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
• The Notch, Granby
• The CT 9/11 Monument, Westport
• Vintage Gas Pump, Somers
• Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor
• Late Afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry
• Fogarea, New Haven County
• Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
• Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
• The first dentist, Windsor
• The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
• The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
• The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
• The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
• The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
• The Underground Railroad, Unionville
• The cow carousel, Ellington
• Charles Island, Milford
• State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
• Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
• The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
• Agent Orange Monument, Andover
• The Sunken Garden, Farmington
• Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
• The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
• Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester