Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting our website.
As part of our
website privacy policy, no personal
information will be collected about you
when you visit our website unless you
choose to provide that information.
Here is exactly how we handle
information about your visit to our
website:
Information Collected and Stored
Automatically
If all you do during your visit is
browse through the website, read pages,
or download information, the only
information we will gather and store
about your visit is the following
information:
- The Internet domain from which
you access the Internet;
The IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web) from which you access our website;
The type of browser and operating system;
The date and time you access the site;
The pages you visit; and
If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.
This information is used for site
management purposes -- to learn about
the areas of the site that are of the
most and least interest, the number of
visitors to our site, and the types of
technology our visitors use. For users
that simply browse and download
information, we do not track or record
any personal information about you and
your visit. Similarly, we will not
knowingly collect information from
anyone under the age of 18 years.
If You Send Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with
personal information -- such as if you
send us an e-mail or fill-out a form
with your personal information and
submit it through our website -- we
collect and store your e-mail address
and the content of your communication in
order to consider and, as appropriate,
reply to your communication.
History
On
December 6, 1935, voters rejected a
proposal to turn the Danbury airport
into an athletic park. The vote was
sparked by complaints of noise generated
by the airport. However, the vote
focused community attention on the
shortage of playgrounds and parks in the
city. The local Lions Club pushed the
previously rejected idea of the City
accepting a donation of 20 acres of
swampy land at the intersection of Main
Street and South Street from Cephas
Rogers. Rogers was a local industrialist
who was hard hit by the Depression. The
donation would be made for forgiveness
of his $6,000 tax debt. The Common
Council accepted the offer, and applied
to the Works Progress Administration for
funds to drain the land and build access
roads and athletic facilities. Two
hundred workers began work in 1937. The
project was finished in mid-1940 at a
cost of about $175,000, $30,000 of which
the City paid. Cephas B. Rogers Park
opened in the spring of 1941.
Over the years, the City acquired
additional acreage to increase the size
of the park.
The Danbury War Memorial was built in
1951 and was designed and built in honor
of the men and women who fought in World
War I and II. Just after World War II
ended, every morning, students at
Danbury High School put their pennies
and nickels in a pot to fund a memorial
to honor those who so recently served
their country.
Information
Contact Info
City of Danbury Veterans Affairs
23 Memorial Dr
Danbury, CT 06810
Email: Lee Teicholz
info@combatwoundedparkingspaces.org
or use our
Contact Us form.
Directions
From New York
Interstate 84 - Exit 5
Straight through stop sign to traffic
light
At light take right onto Main Street
Follow to end
Last light on Main Street straight into
Rogers Park
War Memorial is the first building on
left
From Hartford/New Haven
Interstate 84 - Exit 5
Take right at light onto Main Street
Follow to end
Last light on Main Street straight into
Rogers Park
War Memorial is the first building on
left