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Reenactors in Norwich recognize role of doughnuts in World War I
Christine Pittsley of Cheshire, right, portraying Salvation Army doughnut lassie Myrtle Turkington, who was from Manchester, closely watches while Abbie Crane, 13, second from left, and her sister, Sammie, 10, both of Northford, and another member portraying a doughnut lassie, place doughnuts on a sheet to be deep fried using the rolling field kitchen Saturday, June 5, 2021, during the Doughnut Day event with the World War I 26th Yankee Division living history group on the Norwichtown Green. The Batts father, Alan, is a member of the 26th Yankee Division. During WWI, doughnuts were
Norwich City Historian Dale Plummer has connected the dots meticulously to make a solid connection between National Doughnut Day Saturday and the effort to resume fundraising to restore the city’s World War I howitzer and create a lasting memorial to local soldiers of that war.
Plummer, chairman of the WWI Memorial Committee, recalled seeing a restored WWI field stove in operation at a re-enactment event and thought it might be interesting to bring that to Norwich. He learned that National Doughnut Day is June 5 and that it’s origins are rooted in the work by organizations to boost morale of U.S. troops fighting in France from 1917-18.