Volume 16 , Issue 38

Armistice Day (11 Nov. 1918)

Some might remember Veterans Day as Armistice Day, 11 November 1918(21). According to The Daily Ardmoreite, dated 11 November 1921, page eight, image 8, out of Ardmore, Oklahoma, the following page read as follows:

Armistice Day '21

The shall beat their swords into plowshares. Three years of peace have passed -- three years of reconstruction. Surely, we as a nation, have much to be thankful for ... much to console ourselves that our plight is not greater or our burden more wearisome.

Peace on earth has been finally established. So let us offer cheer to the sorrowful, bounty to the needy, and balm to the stricken. In this spirit let us celebrate Armistice Day Anniversary.

An let us hope that the conclusion of the Disarmament conference, called by President Harding, will pave the way to the eradication of war and that all its accompanying scourges will be effaced from this earth; that the term "brotherhood of man" will bear a more definite meaning than mere words.

Let us make this day a day worth remembering, as sacred and memorable as our natal day ... the Fourth of July.

And let us rejoice that November brings forth two great days of thanksgiving ... Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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