Away for the Day: Wartime; 'Bombshells, Bond Rallies & Blackouts' Opens in Advance of Ken Burns' Wwii Epic

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The same civic spirit that energized a nation in the 1940s is enlivening a major new exhibit about the Brass City's contributions to the war effort during World War II.

"Bombshells, Bond Rallies & Blackouts," which tells dozens of personal stories from the front lines and the home front, debuted recently at the city's Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center. It's timed to coincide with the new PBS documentary by Ken Burns, "The War," which prominently features Waterbury.

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Away for the Day: Wartime; 'Bombshells, Bond Rallies & Blackouts' Opens in Advance of Ken Burns' Wwii Epic

Museum curators say they've been flooded with calls from local veterans and their families, offering hundreds of additional artifacts for the exhibit. As a result, the museum added a "canteen" area ...

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