Hartford in World War I
By: David Drury
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781626197961
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Military History; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918; Aspect social; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT); Social aspects
Other titles: Hartford in World War One
Description: 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. -- Publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hartford and the European War, 1914; title: Neutrality and preparedness, 1915-16; title: Hartford prepares for war, January 1917-April 6, 1917; title: The homefront, April 1917-October 1918; title: Hartford doughboys in France; title: The war ends and the heroes return, November 1918-May 1919; title: The Great War remembered.