Historical Marker

Cemetery / Command Officer’s Quarters

Historical marker location:
Redding, Connecticut
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Putnam Park Road (Connecticut Route 58) and Connecticut Route 107, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2009

Putnam Memorial State Park.

The first lollipop-making machine was invented in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. He named the candy after a popular racing horse called Lolly Pop.