Glory Days of the Railroad•White River Junction, Vermont

Glory Days is produced by the New England Transportation Institute & Museum and Hartford Parks & Recreation Department.

The 2003 Glory Days of the Railroad Festival was dedicated
in Memory of Daniel Willard (1861 to 1942)

1861	Born in Hartland, Vermont
January 15, 1910	Daniel Willard becomes B&O's fourteenth president
October 1916	President Wilson appoints Daniel Willard to Council of National Defense Advisory Commission
March 1917	Daniel Willard elected chairman of the Council of National Defense Advisory Commission
April 11, 1917	Daniel Willard meets with top railroad leaders to coordinate the nation's rail network for the war
1917	Chicago Junction, Ohio changes name to Willard, Ohio in honor of Daniel Willard, President of the B&O Railroad
January 11, 1932	Daniel Willard makes the cover of Time Magazine. "He has a conscience in dealing with labor," said Time magazine. AFL-CIO President William Green called Willard "deserving of honor and tribute."
June 1, 1941	Board of Directors elects Daniel Willard Chairman of the Board
July 6, 1942	Daniel Willard dies at the age of 81