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The Connecticut Museum recently opened a new exhibition, Drawn Here, that explores the migration history and culture of Hartford’s North End through a series of original graphic novels developed by local students and professional artists.

Join us for a virtual presentation as Orice Jenkins discusses one heroic resident of the North End. Mary Jewel Barlow was one of only three members of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion who died in service during World War II, and one of only four women buried in the Normandy American Cemetery. Though erased from popular memory for decades, her legacy connects directly to Hartford’s historic Clay Arsenal neighborhood and to one of Connecticut’s most prominent Black families. Genealogical research reveals Barlow not as a fictionalized figure from a movie, but as a real young woman whose sacrifice deserves recognition. This virtual event is free and open to the public.