Connecticut in World War 1

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middletown memorial — By Megan Grabowski, SCSU Journalism student Megan Grabowski, journalism student at Southern Connecticut State University, reported this story in 2017 as part of Journalism Capstone coursework on World War I. Middletown residents, veterans and the city partnered to finance a 50-foot marble obelisk tower to honor its World War I […]

Middletown residents helped fund WWI memorial

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Monroe monument — By Alex Palmieri, SCSU Journalism student Alex Palmieri, journalism student at Southern Connecticut State University, reported this story in 2017 as part of Journalism Capstone coursework on World War I. Two identical World War I monuments in Monroe are the result of a group of women who came together and […]

Monroe’s Mirrored Monuments Dedicated to WWI

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Stamford — By Matthew Johnson, SCSU Journalism student Matthew Johnson, journalism student at Southern Connecticut State University, reported this story in 2017 as part of Journalism Capstone coursework on World War I. Even though he never served in the military, patriotism and loyalty to country was at the heart of poetry by […]

Popular CT WWI Poet Never Fought In War

in Connecticut Stories / SCSU Journalism Capstone / Student Work tagged poetry / Stamford