Strong Homestead

Historical marker location:

2382 South St, Coventry, Connecticut

( Marker can be reached from South St., 0.3 miles west of Seagraves Rd, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1937

Nathan Hale Memorial.

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.