Category:John Winthrop by Bela Lynn Pratt (New London, Connecticut)

English: The Statue of John Winthrop, located in the "Meeting House Green" at the intersection of Bulkeley Place and Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut. The green is a remnant near the site of a congregational church, no longer extant, which served as a meeting house between the settlement's founding as Pequot Plantation and its incorporation as New London. The statue was sculpted by Bela Lyon Pratt in 1904-05. The statue has the following inscription on its plaque: John Winthrop
1606-1676
Founder of New London
May 6, 1646
Governor of Connecticut
1657; 1659-1676
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The Charter of Connecticut
was procured by him
from King Charles II
April 23, 1662
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To commemorate
his great services
to his Commonwealth
the State of Connecticut
erects this monument
A.D. 1905 (Description sources: Historical plaques on site and [1])