Archive Posts
Archive Posts These posts, taken together, reflect the broad range in the subject matter, time period and types of materials about Lyme held in the Archives.
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World War I Posters
The centenary of America’s entry into World War One is April 6, 2017. The United States had held a neutral position with respect to the war from 1914 to 1917. Growing sympathy from the American public for the European nations under attack by Germany and the German aggression against the U.S. maritime industry led the U.S….
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The Eagle — A World War II Monument, Lyme, CT
Many people in Lyme today are unaware of Lyme’s World War II memorial monument . It is seated on the ledge opposite Town Hall and Consolidated School for almost 70 years now. I hope that some background will generate appreciation of its uniqueness and significance to Lyme. Private citizens of Lyme took the initiative to form a…
Honoring Joseph A. Caples 1874-1954, Lyme, CT
The Lyme Local History Archives is honoring the life of Joseph A. Caples of Gungy Road, Lyme, Connecticut (1874-1954) for Black History Month, 2016. He wrote a memoir (1949) and several diaries (1913-1941) which are now in the Archives’ Collection. They are unique and historically important documents. He wrote: “I am starting this little Memoir from way back in…
The Future Dr. Ely from “…somewhere in France” 1918
One of the many letters in the Archives was written by the late Dr. Julian Ely (1894-1980) in 1918 when he was serving in France during World War I as a Private in the U. S. Army medical department. He grew up in Lyme, CT and would become a much-loved physician to the people of Lyme, following…
Pvt. Harold Clark of Brockway Ferry, 1918
In 1918, Pvt. Harold Clark (1894-1963) was a new draftee in the U. S. Army during World War I from Lyme, CT. He was a rural, young man drawn into a world of places, types of people and cultures new to him, lonesome for home and the “beautifulest” place on earth, near the Connecticut River. He…
Lyme, CT Home Movie 1976
What was happening in Lyme, CT in 1976? The townspeople were joining the rest of the country in celebrating the Bicentennial of the American Revolution in their own town setting with a wide variety of events. Residents, events and landmark places are captured in a “home movie”, donated by Julia Smith to the Archives in 1998. The original,…
Lyme, CT 4th of July Parade 2016
A 4th of July parade in Lyme, CT. has become an essential “Experience Lyme” event for families, newcomers, and visitors alike. It was formerly called the Hamburg Parade, now the Lyme, CT 4th of July Parade. The late Dr. William Irving, a Cove Road resident, is credited with initiating the first one in about 1966….
Families of East Saybrook (Lyme) 1665-1700
Many individuals and communities are interested to learn who the first settlers were in their current home or ancestral area. This can be for many reasons — to establish family lines, track property history or to understand cultural diffusion and the local historical heritage, to name just a few.
The Loving Parting of Saybrook Colony and Lyme
February 13, 2015 was the 350th anniversary of the signing of the Articles of Agreement in 1665 between representatives of the plantation area called East Saybrook on the east side of the Connecticut River from the parent Colony of Saybrook on the west side to amicably separate from each other. Two years later in 1667,…