George Washington Commemorative Monument

In the triangular section of grass at the Intersection of Old Kings Highway South and Goodwives River Road are two big stones. To get out and look at these monuments, you can park on nearby Queens Lane.

On the larger rock is a bronze plaque with an etching of George Washington and the three dates which he passed through this very place in Darien, according to interpretations of records held at the Darien Historical Society. Washington first passed through in 1756 when he was 24, on his way to Boston. He passed through Darien a second time in 1775 as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army going to Massachusetts, and a third time on his Presidential Tour through Middlesex Parish in 1789. The plaque detailing these dates was dedicated in 1932 to celebrate Washington’s 200th birthday. A second, smaller stone bears the etching “17 MILES TO FAIRFIELD,” and was originally located about half a mile south of its current location, but was moved to its current location in 1956 for protection and display.