Fort Saybrook Monument Park — Attraction in Old Saybrook

The informational signs factually do include the important and indigenous presence of the Pequot, and notes that their culture and lives were intentionally destroyed by the colonizing, European settlers. But it stops short of addressing what happened next with the Pequot, after this attempt at genocide. Instead, the sign’s narrative returns to discussing how the colonial people just kept progressing, eventually resulting in Saybrook. The Pequot disappear from this particular narrative. I encourage all to visit the excellent and nearby Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center to learn...

We just drive at random some days and today we stumbled across the old train station. Just seeing the rails and wheels on the granite fountains brought my imagination to life. We visited during the winter which was great because we had no problem finding parking but I am sure during nicer weather that parking spaces will be scarce. There is plenty of handicapped parking for those with...

This is a nice area by the water to check out if you just like walking around. Not much else to do. The park is really just a recreation of a train turnstile with some historic train items. While its interesting it only takes about 5 minutes...