On Saturday, Oct. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m., special displays at the Lyme Local History Archives will showcase World War I (WWI) letters,documents and photographs saved by Lyme families. Letters now in the Archives written by five Lyme soldiers give a picture of the last years of the war in Army posts in Georgia and on the front lines in France.
Also on view will be Archives materials from 1917–1918 including Lyme Grange minutes, which record local concerns on the home front. Resources for researching Connecticut relatives who served in the war will be displayed.
In 2016, the Archives began a two-year project to solicit documents, letters or photographs related to World War I from Lyme families. A number of families responded by donating WWI materials or allowing scans of documents. The Open House will highlight these materials new to the Archives as well as WWI materials given by previous donors.
The Lyme Local History Archives are located in the Lyme Public Library at 482 Hamburg Rd (Rte. 156) in Lyme, Conn.