25. On to Mexico! The Connecticut National Guard

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.