by Lauren Pidgeon Between May 1918 and June 1919, Garey traveled around England, France, and America with the army and spotted many of the new technological inventions of the time. [...]
by Lauren Pidgeon After the Armistice in November, Garey was convinced he would be home in a few weeks. As time went on, Garey's superiors made matters worse by telling [...]
By Lauren Pidgeon Between November 1918 to June 1919, Garey and the remaining US troops had a lot of free time. The army tried to keep them all occupied [...]
by Lauren Pidgeon On November 11th, 1918, the Axis powers surrendered and the Armistice was signed. Some of the American troops went into Paris to celebrate. November 12th, 1918 Last [...]
by Lauren Pidgeon Before heading off to France there were a few chores to do. At the top of Garey's list was getting his picture taken and making a list [...]
About the Project James Eiler, Lauren Pidgeon and Hank Trimble are Hanover High students who worked at home throughout the spring, transcribing letters written by Garey Waterman home to his [...]
Meet Lauren Pidgeon, a Hanover High student from Norwich who is interested in our community’s history. She is exploring the world of Mary Slack, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who kept a [...]
Mary writes about many family members in her diary. It became clear that not all of her siblings were living at home. The 1860 census shows that the Slacks were [...]
Have you read Little Women? Louisa May Alcott published it over the course of 1868 and 1869, just three years after Mary kept her diary! Little Women is a story [...]
As a teenage girl in 1865, Mary's days at school were coming to an end. As I wrote in my last post, most girls Mary's age were heading to the [...]