Free Speech & Seditious Speech in World War I Era Connecticut
Introduction The struggle over the definition of the right to free speech was a central feature of the World War I era home front, and events in Connecticut were at the center of a...
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American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief in World War I-Era Connecticut
Introduction The American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (ACASR) was formed in 1915 at the behest of American Ambassador Henry Morgenthau in response to the deportations, massacres, and atrocities committed against Armenians,...
A Memorial Day Thought by the Optimist, May 29, 1916
On Memorial Day one hundred years ago today, the Howland Dry Goods Co. of Bridgeport chose to use their advertising space in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer to publish this commentary on the Great War...
Connecticut Women and World War I
Introduction During the height of the Great War in Europe, the Connecticut press was flush with headlines promoting and recording countless examples of war work. As Washington began sending troops abroad, various media outlets,...
How Connecticut Experienced the Sinking of the Lusitania
Introduction Though entering the dangerous waters around the British Isles, passengers onboard the luxury liner RMS Lusitania took comfort in the fact that were onboard a unarmed passenger vessel. Sadly, the reality of...
When Attitudes toward World War Divided the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Movement
On September 20, 1917, the Bridgeport Evening Farmer ran a special feature, reprinting in full the letters of resignation from the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association written by two of the state movement’s most prominent...
Marking an Irish Holiday, March 20, 1917: St. Patrick’s Day, the Easter Rising, and World War I.
On March 20, 1917, the Bridgeport Evening Farmer ran an editorial praising the remarks before the Knights of St. Patrick of the editor of the New Haven Evening Union, Alexander Troup. Troup, I am...
Black History Month, February 2015: “There is need of an aroused public sentiment. . . ”
On May 24, 1919, a date five months after the opening of the Paris Peace Conference at which the Allied victors of the First World War were meeting to set the...
The “Farm to Table” Movement Really Began in the First World War!
Today the term “Farm to Table” might connote an expensive meal of the freshest local foods prepared by a celebrity chef. Or, it might suggest contemporary arrangements such as those involved in Community Supported...
Newspaper Digitization and the Connecticut Homefront in World War I
The newspapers currently being digitized by CDNP are expected to contribute greatly to research into the ways that the First World War was experienced in Connecticut. A talk on this subject was delivered on...