World War I Palisado Cemetery Memory Walk - Windsor Connecticut Chamber Of Commerce

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261 Broad St, Windsor, CT 06095

October, 2007

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World War I Palisado Cemetery Memory Walk

Date:

October 27th, 2007

World War I Palisado Cemetery Memory Walk October 27,
3-5 p.m. with the Windsor Jesters

As shadows lengthen, join Windsor Historical Society and the Windsor Jesters on Saturday, October 27, from 3 - 5 p.m. as they bring Windsor people from the World War I era to life on our fourth annual "memory walk" in Windsor's historic Palisado Cemetery. You will meet the highest ranking officer from Windsor to serve in World War I, a bugler, a nurse, a gold star mother, a Sanitary Corps researcher who worked to contain the Spanish Flu epidemic, and one of the victims of that epidemic as you tour the cemetery. You will learn about evolving New England gravestone styles in a slide presentation given by Society Director Christine Ermenc while feasting on home-made gingerbread with whipped cream and warmed New England apple cider. The tour begins and ends at the Windsor Historical Society complex at 96 Palisado Avenue.

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Remington, who followed in his family's military footsteps, will be played by Neal Brundage. Dorothy Hayden, played by Bunni Barresi, was a devoted member of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps and will tell of the heroic efforts of medical staff serving soldiers wounded at the front lines. Harold Loomer was an army bugler. As played by Carroll Toal, Loomer will talk about the training process at Camp Devens which transformed untrained men into soldiers more ready for the front lines. Oliver Hayden served stateside in army hospitals and research facilities. When the Spanish Flu broke out in 1918, he and his colleagues worked around the clock long after the war ended to try to contain this fatal scourge. Jeff Ingram will be portraying Oliver Hayden. Mrs. Flora Chidsey lost her son H. Carleton Chidsey days before the war ended. Played by Annie Phillips, Mrs. Chidsey will talk about how townspeople at home supported the war efforts. Barry True will play the part of Reverend William B. Cornish who was very much involved in Home Guard efforts and eventually enlisted as an army chaplain, only to be felled by the dreaded Spanish Flu, leaving a wife and baby daughter. Gerry Traczyk and Joan Brundage are the costumers and Beverly Garvan researched and assembled historical information used to create the character sketches.

Cost for the memory walk is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and students and $8 for Windsor Historical Society members. Please call 688-3813 to reserve your space by October 26th. The tour starts at
96 Palisado Avenue (Route 159). Parking is available around Palisado Green and in the First Church and Windsor Discovery Center Parking lots.

Other Windsor Historical Society World War I programs:

- The Spanish Flu Pandemic Panel Discussion: November 7, 7-9 p.m.

- Edwardian Luncheon/Tea: November 10, two sittings: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 4:00- 5:30 p.m. with actress Kandie Carle and the Windsor Women's Club

The Windsor Historical Society, founded in 1921, invites visitors to explore the people, places, and events that have shaped Windsor for over 370 years. The Society's museum includes changing and permanent exhibition galleries; a hands-on history learning center for families; a research library and mansucript collection housing Windsor photographs, documents, ephemera, and genealogical materials, a museum shop and two historic houses open to the public--the 1758 John and Sarah Strong House and the 1767 Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House.

The Windsor Historical Society is located at 96 Palisado Avenue (Route 159) and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. General admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students and free to children under 12 and WHS members. Program prices vary. Please call (860) 688-3813 or visit us on the web at www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org for directions to the Society and more information about programs.