There is a small plaque dedicated to the Greatest Generation in the heart of Bloomfield. The plaque is located on the Village Green, and it shares places with a Korean War monument, a Viet Nam War monument, the World War I Memorial, and the much larger Drummer Boy Statue. Its an amazing sight– seeing Bloomfield honor its war dead from the Revolutionary War through Viet Nam. The inscription on the plaque is written in two columns. The left column reads: «Dedicated to the 650 men and women of our community who fought in World War II1941 — 1945. To these, the living and the dead, the citizens of Bloomfield erected this tablet in grateful remembrance.» The inscription on the right column remembers the seventeen sons of Bloomfield that were lost in WWII. The inscription is in two parts. The first part reads«In loving memory of our war dead.» Next, the 17 names are listed in alphabetical order, The last part of the inscription follows the names and reads: «May they rest in peace.» Simple, understated, respectful, A lovely memorial.
