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Called to Serve: Morristown and Morris Township and World War I
About The Event
Morristown and Morris Township Library (1 Miller Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960, 973-538-3473, http://www.jfpl.org) North Jersey History and Genealogy Center presents Called to Serve: Morristown and Morris Township and World War I. The exhibit will be on display from April 5, 2017 through August 14 2017 in the library’s second floor Kirby Gallery.
In honor of the 100th Anniversary of World War I, The North Jersey History and Genealogy Center presents an exhibit from our library’s collections.
On April 6, 1917, the United States formally entered World War I by declaring war on Germany.
German U-Boat attacks against unarmed vessels carrying American citizens and evidence of a plot to ally with Mexico against the United States rendered American neutrality unsustainable.
By the summer of 1917, communities around the country had mobilized human and financial resources in support of the Allied war effort.
The photos and stories told in newspaper headlines, obituaries, ephemera and letters to provide a glimpse into the extraordinary efforts of one such community. A pilot’s diary and his family’s letters, correspondence of fire fighters to their friends back at the fire station, a letter of a mother who lost her son, and first hand battle descriptions by African American soldiers reveal the personal and human side of a community that was forever affected by the war.
Contact : James Lewis, james.lewis@mainlib.org
Category: New Jersey
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