REC/GOV/055. George Washington Bicentennial Commission.

In 1931, Governor Wilbur L. Cross appointed a five-person commission to direct Connecticut’s participation in the national celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The Lieutenant Governor served as chair, and State Librarian George S. Godard was the secretary. Between September 28, 1931 and June 27, 1932, the Commission held regular meetings and planned, sponsored, or encouraged a variety of activities. The record group contains minutes of meetings, general files of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, scrapbooks, paintings and drawings of children’s contest entries, and a photostat copy of a history of Connecticut’s participation arranged by town. The Commission gave the original volume to the United States Bicentennial Commission.