Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Hartford in World War I
    Hartford in World War I
    Hartford in World War I
    Ebook191 pages2 hours

    Hartford in World War I

    By David Drury

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    When the United States Congress declared war in April 1917, Connecticut answered the call to arms. As the capital, Hartford was the hub of the state's war effort. The city hosted major rallies and recruitment drives, and leaders from Hartford directed efforts to inspire patriotism and sacrifice. Allied needs for war materiel and goods were insatiable, and local manufacturers like Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company worked around the clock to meet the demand. Men and women from the area battled in the trenches, volunteered in the hospitals and canteens and served in the air and on the high seas. A century later, this legacy of service and sacrifice is memorialized by local monuments. Author David Drury traces the extraordinary story of Hartford during World War I.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateNov 2, 2015
    ISBN9781625853073
    Hartford in World War I
    Author

    David Drury

    David Drury has been a working journalist for thirty-seven years. He retired as an editor at the Hartford Courant in 2008 and continues to contribute regularly to the newspaper and its website. Drury majored in modern European history at the University of Virginia and continued on with graduate study at the University of North Carolina. A lifelong student of history, he has written on various topics of historic interest for the Courant and ConnecticutHistory.org. This is his first book.

    Related to Hartford in World War I

    Related ebooks

    Wars & Military For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Letters

      Oct 29, 2020

      I read with interest about Captain Francis Grose and his contribution to the English language (My History Hero, November). However, Captain Grose also had a hand in creating one of Scotland’s most famous literary figures, Tam O’Shanter by Robert Burn

      6 min read

    • Article

      Tecumseh vs. Harrison

      Jan 23, 2024

      Tecumseh vs. Harrison
      9 min read

    • Article

      Interview Matthew Naylor The Legacy of World War I

      Sep 4, 2018

      Matthew Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial [theworldwar.org] in Kansas City, Mo., also sits on the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission [worldwar1centennial.org], which since its establishment by Congress in 2

      4 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Mar 18, 2021

      A New Low for US Democracy? (March) rightly held up a mirror to Americans who were quick to take comfort in their national identity by distancing themselves from the rioters on Capitol Hill [on 6 January] by saying “this is not who we are”. However,

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Nuanced And Complex War

      Sep 24, 2019

      A Nuanced And Complex War
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Confederate Rest of the Story

      Mar 2, 2021

      The Confederate Rest of the Story
      24 min read

    • Article

      The Ties that Bind Us

      Mar 31, 2023

      If you know how a trick is done, if you have peered through the smoke and looked past the mirrors, if you have figured out how the illusion is accomplished, surely you can no longer be fooled by it? Surely? The smoke-and-mirrors trick I thought I had

      10 min read

    • Article

      For The People

      Feb 22, 2022

      For The People
      4 min read

    • Article

      Rival Bonds

      Dec 24, 2019

      Rival Bonds
      7 min read

    • Article

      Miscellany

      Jan 21, 2020

      Miscellany
      6 min read

    • Article

      Letter Of The Month

      Jul 8, 2021

      Letter Of The Month
      4 min read

    • Article

      Unlikely American Hero

      Oct 20, 2020

      Unlikely American Hero
      4 min read

    • Article

      Why There Was a Civil War

      May 1, 2017

      Why There Was a Civil War
      5 min read

    • Article

      Clash Of Cultures

      Dec 19, 2017

      Clash Of Cultures
      3 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Sep 6, 2018

      Reviews
      9 min read

    • Article

      The War Without An End

      Apr 16, 2020

      The War Without An End
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Matter of Facts

      Jan 22, 2020

      A Matter of Facts
      17 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Aug 4, 2022

      David Frost with Richard Nixon, 1977. Reader Charlotte Cornish lauds the duo’s TV clash of that year In regard to Clifford Williamson’s feature on Watergate (July), it is interesting to note that this was not the first time that US president Richard

      3 min read

    • Article

      Fighting On Multiple Fronts

      Jan 22, 2019

      Fighting On Multiple Fronts
      11 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Feb 16, 2023

      really enjoyed the article on British Restaurants (Eat for Victory, January). A lesser-known aspect is their role during the Second World War in providing a hot lunch service to schoolchildren. By 1942 the local school in the village of Knowle, then

      4 min read

    • Article

      Future gettysburg Attraction

      Jan 12, 2021

      Future gettysburg Attraction
      6 min read

    • Article

      Co-opted Culture

      Jul 27, 2021

      Co-opted Culture
      5 min read

    • Article

      ‘One Vast Hospital’

      Oct 4, 2022

      ‘One Vast Hospital’
      4 min read

    • Article

      Besieged

      Aug 25, 2020

      Besieged
      10 min read

    • Article

      Losing Ground?

      Sep 24, 2019

      Losing Ground?
      15 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Hartford in World War I

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Hartford in World War I - David Drury

      V1^book_preview_excerpt.htmluZ˒rRD͈MR)OL+ʧ੹jk:oy[mvfa);Z{;*^o?E`.k7ژ{J/#t>_bA6ϰqX<|?v3>QvhܼB9x~*ZSiNlzaH3xBHX{pfb[q0us އCdrҺ~a>@tt grɼkDӬQ۰3;>燛 ؉b9vzqYK5A\[@¯ 5j°M)` [#8A"s A ã x9!ٺԼdKTzK_Q;Aj2" ﶾ}gVOWƯ. ?"!L n#:D eq&q]FUd`^b'̓ƇU*x1ebuQt'hK iP"ѷG/Wۙy,/i>) qmaH?d~d^-©(6F5E[LmF;.>n]`p<_^۞6tXigaCK+Gq۱jhV0sfd;Ya#툯0р} 0uvG% b:)^}`%sݩjy?]DTTv^0~3\bx"Ҏ,y$Y3v0wVsMIĸ:3;HLDMKm0 :H9SWɋ Qɳ̲:l]KtN!&>| K,X=K4, 5u>CBvPb+?Tkh'T h1w"FZEU~#m0H+ŢRj#ykaD?IK올Q dj=$A~BJP|Luoy> -{4"#NYQEtRkev] @]ȘϼsBMKD/CW1ϼ2R Oܺ{@CF] U@# Zh3DkSv`)3b>MH6܏5IFtmrCR915i-bzK|w䓲"M [[}͐g O \+RŴRޢ֝0M啍h#̋S"}]}1rb (ncq\A=K{Yv.,ZP1u0@ՀR+a*lO+{{8;`(uAjkP)0 U55 } ' vzJ*\,<# 7^Rڭ.Qf}YTPU{Tw V CѶ;!X}K2d=P`jiLm^5N` F/Ƒ H4wwr3BJF5W=K3bHTJ -!TxY+J؄&Jx ^pu!/4( IM=]6J_ʏwI{za/"uv$&{+8uѴQ+52-1*@dp͍rd8| "KP$0pSd!ҶA^c'h @lɢYJyI\8)zR O ?A{$e1[R;OH~%>tH4F &4C?˷3ypffϓCǣVbMt.k9EDDyK@oq&,7W)P Qh6Z? uo l>j5%ZӇ7$)ԃDEA:Y7Y_l+2]h?Y }aa-q/1IJv(7FnG):1U\s: feԐ@=72y_$KRLdrA+qO䎣q p!5tR]xht nYK"mRSs6,dׁZ4Z<݀A$KoۙC$`X0._{㬵Utb:T VlC)ft|8IGixg(>0mY%ݓ6^v_A]zA%u`#k-$sy2ٝKi}D{2tH8IGحۃ%r1 r9*xƆˁ2U? q7ok3׷o~yv|x+x9NOTs` BX7BE1!rUlLL8w,eN-կ س6i$KjmŕcdPȔ~ ikB) )>ls"12W%=ɝ6H\g,d/3P8)Չ-jI0d?$B~^X;p7_ԋb0Bw2EWGT ȜWl҄L08zI:fs[ZV44QIhC]=[dIrRLjYG$R;'98:{w.?±N'Yock{?ʔBhvlr9XgNv-xi KMJ8y>\fNkRcK*K+@Ҹ‹R"Dž86\AO%Cvh)riWS˨bPʒm9/_s'm`vws_Os `$%HKq:8P18-xͺ!羥 e\ͣ&y\KYCg#TT%BIFtU3|yp$Q6ʉIo^dx IhE,X >OiǴ5y/ݢPO#(a ݕ ɏ҈pbg[IZs]*ϱ,s@SJ{Re~!4Z) nOZtb9]*OR߼ vjh P Z*u : gcc)h}tó#A= HhkCo`$:AGhx2S)!֜ lVMeUq\}R%6<Z&B2q6Ĭ; Kt2x~cuʃB5vTP $N~ =/GI;<:>rCܹᖺKCpt8>(3ij. 7J~r0 7|Oc7EKPY{pWEg0ħB.Ls`pHȘf|/"$,A&{8"liUKga ?? XC{cqtO]u}V¬yj.y PͣlrFEY (OɤR&V0e$_en@B2Ga l~lvTD֧8Tt+n82A!u'G^JL,۩ 0pl?2<叻7\*sCԽNMBF_ZraDBSGt;Zc4JzABmyGk t!8KY(d)C 3$L^ON[fF=240#Ke ;aAA Y&W kғssDmuԎ Fd(Γbq3xJƙ"s `^Bܾ:܁S4MK]Kz.!m:,s9|8 Qzxgە & m>ɵpAr^%lj=f7INWz3* Kߛpz1[~qfxl:xN=@e-ww)mrR9|P.qH6oKl $,=eG)zXۻ MsvGI/Sv_/*X<~}{ZʴG[iܧ%|գ>$_~x/?WOգ'_}2_=_=Z-=-
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1