"New Rochelle's Part in the Great War," a free digital slide program, will be presented by city historian Barbara Davis on Sunday, December 10, at 2:00 pm in the Ossie Davis Theater of the New Rochelle Public Library. New Rochelle played a unique role in World War I, due to these factors: the largest recruiting depot east of the Mississippi was located at Fort Slocum, on New Rochelle's Davids Island; a large number of local and notable illustrators were engaged in creating propaganda posters for the war effort; and New Rochelle provided significant aid to its war-torn sister city, La Rochelle, France.