The 9-11 Living Memorial at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, Connecticut's Oldest State Park
Oftentimes while driving on Interstate 95 through southern Connecticut, I would always notice a sign near Exit 18 for the Connecticut 9-11 Memorial and think to myself that I should take the exit and stop in at the memorial. Unfortunately though I usually didn't have the time to do that as I was either on my way to someplace or coming back late from that place I'd just gone to. A trip planned to specifically see the memorial seemed to be in order so last week, on an unseasonably warm and beautiful January day, my friend Patti and I made the drive to the Greens Farms section of Westport where the memorial is located. As it turns out, the memorial is located at Connecticut's oldest State Park - Sherwood Island State Park which covers just about 235 acres and provides a place for visitors to enjoy various outdoor sports, study nature, picnic, fly kites or model airplanes, stroll along the beach on Long Island Sound, or maybe just relax and soak up a little sun which a lot ...