
Grating the Nutmeg 25. On to Mexico! The Connecticut National Guard
Feb 24, 2017
34:41
Museum of Connecticut History curator Dave Corrigan tells the forgotten story of the Connecticut National Guard's service on the Mexican border in 1916—the first test of these young soldiers in a hostile environment before they shipped out to France six months later.
Part of our Commemorating World War I coverage. Recorded February 14, 2017 at the University of Hartford, part of the three-part Presidents' College Lecture Series "Connecticans in the American West," organized in collaboration with Connecticut Explored's Winter 2016-2017 issue on that theme. Produced by Elizabeth Normen and Patrick O'Sullivan.
Watch for the other two lectures in that series in future episodes of Grating the Nutmeg.
