Connecticut's 102nd Infantry Regiment in WWI Wednesday September 26th at 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the Hubbard Room.
France was a whole world away for the young men and women of Connecticut during World War I, a place most Americans could only imagine. Yet thousands of Connecticut soldiers found themselves there not long after America entered the war in 1917.
Join us to hear Christine Pittsley, Project Director of the Connecticut State Library’s WWI Centennial Commemorations, talk about her journey to France earlier this year to follow in the footsteps of Connecticut’s 102nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 26th 'Yankee Division.”
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Christine Pittsley Pittsley visited the towns in the Vosges Mountains that soldiers described as the 'Valley Forge of the American Expeditionary Forces” and experienced what life was like in the caves of the Chemin des Dames. A highlight of her presentation will be stories about the town of Seicheprey, where six Middletown soldiers died on April 20, 1918, and how the village remembers their sacrifice today. And, of course, you will hear about how Connecticut’s favorite hero, Sgt. Stubby, became the most popular pooch in France!
Christine Pittsley is the Project Director for a number of World War One Centennial Commemoration projects led by the Connecticut State Library, including the Remembering World War One community archiving project and the 'Over The Top” Twitter project. She is the Chair for the Connecticut World War One Centennial Committee and Connecticut¹s liaison to the United States World War One Centennial Commission. Christine has also led the State Library's archival and museum digitization and metadata programs for the past ten years and has been involved in a number of statewide digital initiatives, has served on the boards of the Association for the Study of Connecticut History, Cheshire Historical Society, and the Cheshire Historic District Commission. She has provided many WWI Projects at the Russell Library
Here Is A Sample:For further information, call the Middlesex County Historical Society at 860-346-0746.
