World War 1: The Home Front

336 Port Washington Blvd,Port Washington NY 11050

17 September, 2022

Description

In this exhibition we’ll explore our home front, from entry into the war until our men came home and women were granted the right to vote. A 75-minute guided tour through 9 rooms of the historic Sands-Willets House. A few of the topics we will cover include: FARMERETTES: A national call rang out for farmerettes to grow the crops when men went to war. Tens of thousands of women responded, many of them college-educated.REGIMENT: The Port Washington Home Guard, comprised of local men, will be shown in our primary source photographs before and during training, at the Main Street School and at their encampment at Locust Grove Pavilion in Manorhaven.SUFFRAGETTES: While some women worked on the war effort, some continued solely in their cause to achieve women's suffrage.