19: Veterans Square

Veterans Park was created in 1892 in conjunction with construction of the granite railroad passenger station by the Concord & Montreal Railroad. At the same time, “Depot Square” was laid out. The name of Depot Square was changed to Veterans Square by ordinance enacted by the City Council, Nov. 7, 1921, following World War I. 

An obelisk honoring Civil War veterans was dedicated, June 16, 1904. Two naval cannons with pyramids of oversized cannonballs were added at the same time but the park was otherwise unchanged until Nov. 11, 1990, when monuments to veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam were dedicated. A granite “eternal flame” memorial to veterans of all wars was moved from the traffic island between the Congregational Church and Prescott’s Florist to the park, Nov. 5, 1991. World War I tablets were rehabilitated and moved across the street, in 2017, to the park from the vicinity of the Library flagpole — where they had been dedicated, Nov. 11, 1919. A monument to veterans of the Spanish-American War, originally installed on the library lawn, was also moved to the Veterans Park.

Laconia City Walk
  1. 1: Belknap Mill
  2. 2: Busiel Mill
  3. 3: Avery Dam
  4. 4: Guild-Northland Mills
  5. 5: Sunrise Towers
  6. 6: Stewart Park
  7. 7: Main Street and Urban Renewal
  8. 8: Allen-Rogers Buildings
  9. 9: Laconia Car Company
  10. 10: Pitman's Freight Room
  11. 11: Laconia Passenger Station
  12. 12: Bank Square
  13. 13: Rotary Park
  14. 14: McIntyre Building
  15. 15: Moulton Opera House
  16. 16: Pleasant Street Homes
  17. 17: Federal Building
  18. 18: Gale Memorial Library
  19. 19: Veterans Square
  20. 20: Evangelical Baptist Church
  21. 21: Congregational Church
  22. 22: Bank of New Hampshire
  23. 23: Woolworth Building
  24. 24: Cook Building
  25. 25: Pemaco Block
  26. 26: Colonial Theatre
  27. 27: Piscopo Block
  28. 28: Masonic Temple
  29. 29: Stafford House/Tavern
  30. 30: U.S. Post Office
  31. 31: John W Busiel House
  32. 32: St. Joseph Church
  33. 33: Perley Canal