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While Windsor had created the trend of "honor roll boards", which would be adopted across many towns in Connecticut to keep fresh in the minds of thier residents those who served overseas, Ridgefield is unclear if it did. Inquiring with several…

While Windsor had created the trend of "honor roll boards", which would be adopted across many towns in Connecticut to keep fresh in the minds of thier residents those who served overseas, Ridgefield is unclear if it did. Inquiring with several…

The article at the top has the American Flag logo which is typically placed at the top of any articles in the Ridgefield Press which have news about the war. Underneath it gives a short obituary to him pertaining his service during the war and life.

William "Bill" Cummings is staring at the camera in uniform.

The WLA had a camp in Ridgefield which organized women to take over the traditionally male role of providing food for the family through farming and harvesting crops. Ridgefield had thirty women (mostly students) who came to Ridgefield to work the…

The Cummings family had lived in Ridgefield for several generations, with William "Billy" Cummings being one of the first to die in the line of service for the U.S. from Ridgefield. A historic home, it had been a place of relaxation and joy in the…

There are three photographs taken in this image. The upper left one has several well dressed individuals walking down a street as part of some ceremony. The second on the upper right is of Cora Weir in uniform. The third at the bottom of the page has…

Dorothy and Cora Weir are part of a group lined up and photographed in this photo. They are all standing in uniform.

A group of five women in uniform are surrounding a pump in a semi-circle facing the camera. Four of the women are standing, while the fifth has tongue out and is drinking water from the pump.

Five women look at the camera while sitting. They are clad in their uniforms and are smiling for the picture.