Letters to Nashua: Stories of World War II
Sat, Jun 15
|Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum
In 1942, Clarence Whitney, of Nashua, wrote to his friend, Margaret Beasom Swart, "Ask any soldier overseas ... they’ll tell you that actually there’s a period when mail is looked for more eagerly than good food.”
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2024, 10:00 AM
Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum, 5 Abbott St, Nashua, NH 03064, USA
About the event
During World War II, delivering the mail was considered essential to the war effort. Correspondence allowed those serving in the military and loved ones at home to communicate. Families and friends might share news from home, while Service members could share their experiences. The mail kept morale high.
Today, these letters allow those who served in World War II and their loved ones to tell their stories in their own words. Join us at the Nashua Historical Society to hear the stories of Nashuans who served in World War II and their loved ones back home based on five collections of letters from the Nashua Historical Society archives.
Sarah Jauris is the Collection Technician at the Nashua Historical Society and the exhibit curator of the upcoming exhibit World War II in Nashua: The Homefront and Beyond.
The Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum will be open from 9:30 am…