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P. T. Barnum Square

A small triangular park laid out in 1881 as Fountain Place, renamed for the showman in 1928, with Ernest Moore Viquesney's bronze Doughboy at its center.

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P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees.Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

Make It Part of Your Day

Family Fun Day

The Meckauer Park playground in the morning, then pizza on the Square, the bookstore and ice cream at Dr. Mike's.

Historic Bethel

A walk through the historic district: St. Thomas's, the Square, the Methodist church, Byrd's Books, the Barnum statue and the library.

Weekend in Bethel

The avenue and a film on Saturday, dinner and a hotel on Stony Hill Road, and Huntington State Park on Sunday morning.

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