About the Project
James Eiler, Lauren Pidgeon and Hank Trimble are Hanover High students who worked at home throughout the spring of 2020 during the pandemic, transcribing letters written by Garey Waterman home to his family during World War 1. Lauren spent the summer researching Garey’s story and wrote six essays. There are six posts in the slider below. Click on the titles to read Garey’s story.
Soldier’s Mail #4: Technological Advancements
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. Although motorized vehicles had been [...]
Soldier’s Mail #6: Coming Home
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 the soldiers they would be [...]
Soldier’s Mail #5: Waiting to Go Home
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 but it must have been pretty [...]
Soldier’s Mail #3: Celebrating the End of the War
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 night there was great celebrating [...]
Soldier’s Mail #2: Heading off to France
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 of girls to whom he [...]
Soldier’s Mail #1
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 family during World War 1.Lauren [...]