Founders of Windsor Monument

Another one of the many treasures to be found in Windsor’s historic zone.
This one is found on the Palisado Green, pretty close to the John Mason statue. It honors the brave pioneers who sailed across the Atlantic in 1630 to found Windsor in 1635.
The monument has three stone panels with curved tops.
The middle panel is taller and contains a striking golden image of a three masted ship named the «Mary and John» — this is the ship that carried the Windsor pioneers to the new world.
The two side panels has the names of those on the ship. The center panel reads:
TO THE FOUNDERS OF WINDSOR
AND
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
IN CONNECTICUT WHICH CAME TO AMERICA
IN THE MARY AND JOHN WITH
ITS PASTOR — JOHN WARHAM
MAY 30, 1630
SETTLED IN DORCHESTER MASSACHUSETTS
AND MIGRATED TO WINDSOR
IN MAY AND OCTOBER 1635
THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED ON
THE SITE OF THE FIRST CHURCH BUILDING BY THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE PILGRIMS
CONNECTICUT BRANCH
MAY 30, 1930
Sadly, the monument is in a distressed and worn condition. Sections of the engraving have been eroded away and is just about impossible to read.
Such a shame that an important monument like this should be in such deplorable condition