Connecticut in World War 1

Sharing History/Preserving Memories

memorials

Westport Doughboy — By Chris Kuczo, SCSU Journalism student Chris Kuczo a journalism student at Southern Connecticut State University, reported this story as part of Journalism Capstone coursework on World War I. The Westport Doughboy monument, on the town’s Veterans Memorial Green, is a fixture dedicated to the service of the town’s veterans […]

Westport Veterans Memorial Green Includes WWI Monument

in Connecticut Stories / Memorials / SCSU Journalism Capstone / Student Work tagged memorials / Westport

After soldiers of the Great War returned home in early 1919, the United States government, state governments, and local institutions began commemorating the valiant efforts the men and women took to protect the nation. Throughout the nation, memorials such as statues, plaques, buildings, and signs were built to remember these brave […]

Memorial Window Dedicated to Fallen Hartford Soldier

in Connecticut Stories / Friday Find / Memorials tagged 102nd Infantry / 26th Division / Hartford / memorials / religion

This week’s Friday Find comes to us from Dale Plummer, the City Historian of Norwich, Connecticut. Mr. Plummer shares a World War I memorial that once resided on the Chelsea Parade green in Norwich. Mr. Plummer wrote us: [A] series of articles from the Norwich Bulletin [ran] in 1926 about a […]

Friday Find – Norwich’s Forgotten WWI Memorial

in Connecticut Stories / Friday Find / Memorials tagged homefront / memorials / newspapers / Norwich