THE SPIRIT OF 1776/1917 Town and Gown Prepare for War

Yale University and New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Spirit of ‘76, Archibald Willard, 1875 , Abbot Hall, Massachusetts with examples of the revival of the “Spirit of ’76” in 1917. Laura A. Macaluso, Ph.D. / May 2017 Yale Bowl, circa 1914, Courtesy of Robert Greenberg; Farewell Acts Program, 1917, Courtesy of the CT State Library, Hartford. The 2nd Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard, soon to be combined with the 1st, to become the 102nd Regiment of the 26th “Yankee” Division, Camp Yale, June 1917. Courtesy of the CT State Library, (top letf) New Haven Museum (bottom center) and Robert Greenberg (right). Commencement Program, Yale University, June 1917 and Camp Yale, Summer 1917, both courtesy of the CT State Library, Hartford. New Haven’s Second Centennial Medal, Hezekiah Auger and Ithiel Town,1838, and the Map of the Nine Square Plan, 1747 by Daniel Wadsworth, both courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery. The 102nd Regiment (upper left), the Yale Battery (upper right) and the Yale Navy ROTC (lower left) using the New Haven Green in 1917. Courtesy of Robert Greenberg and the Yale University Library. New Haveners re-enacting the Defenders’ Postcard showing the Defenders’ Monument, James E. Kelly, Monument story, also called the Defense of bronze, New Haven, 1911. The three defenders of the city are West Bridge, New Haven Week Parade, 1912. (from the left): a Yale student, a farmer, and a member of the local Courtesy of the Local History Room of the New militia. Collection of the author. Haven Free Public Library. Revival of the Spirit of ’76 on the American home front and Western front.

Propaganda posters for liberty bonds and the Home Garden program. Courtesy of Helmet insignia chosen by regiments of the 26th the Boston Museum of “Yankee” Division; including 26th Division 101st Fine Arts and the Engineer Train (Bunker Hill Monument/1776) National Archives and and 26th Division Headquarters Troop (Paul Records Revere/1775) . Courtesy of Soldiers’ Mail, Letters Administration. Home from a Yankee Doughboy Blog. Courtesy of Robert Greenberg. World War I monuments in New Haven, Connecticut: (left) Yale University, Cenotaph and Memorial Colonnade, Everett Meeks,1926, and (right) Memorial Flagpole on the New Haven Green, Douglas Orr and Michele Martino,1929. “This regiment which included many sons of Yale rendered distinguished service in 1918 on the battlefields of France.”

102nd Regiment Memorial Tablet, New Haven Chapter of the Yankee Division Veterans Association, Derby Avenue, New Haven, 1942.