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Show The Armistice Eleven Years After Eleven years! On the eleventh hour of the eleventh dny of the eleventh month eleven years ago the guns were stilled on the western front. . Millions of weary men laid down their arms and turned their eyes toward home. Those of us who wore the olive drab or the blue of Service can still 1 remember re-member that eventful day. The sensef of Incompleteness of it all, the vast relief which for a moment filled our heurts, and then the wild rapture of a nation mad with Joy. The waving of flags, the shouts, the songs, the blare of trumpets the medley of noise which beggars description. FInl Le Guerre! Le Guerre est flnl! Petit Mademoslles of the Aristocracy whirling whirl-ing madly nbout with smock coated peasants. Portly dames wildly embracing em-bracing slender boys In the blue, of France nnd the O. . D. of America. Bearded Burgolsc shop keepers embracing em-bracing American Dough Boys kissing kiss-ing them on both cheeks. Yells of Vive La Amerique! smells of garlic; fish ; wine ; noise, laughter, hysteria. Everybody happy for the moment the four long years forgotten. And then when the first wild moments mo-ments of celebration were over, the eyes of nil were turned again toward home. Then came the period of readjustment readjust-ment when millions of America's best manhood tramped the streets of our nation seeking employment. Thousands of them with empty pockets and hearts filled with bitterness toward on ungrateful un-grateful country. Months of suspense of hunger, worry, nnd with some n despair that led to self destruction. When finally the vast army had been absorbed with the various walks of life, and the business of the country coun-try once more resumed the even tenor of the pre-war days, a few of the more far-sighted of the ex-service men banded together nn Intrepid brotherhood brother-hood of man, and called themselves. The American Legion. Pledged themselves them-selves to stand for the perpetuation of American , ideals, for - Justice v. and right-and the equality, of man.- And above all for loyalty to the flag for which they fought and for which so many of telr comrades died. For eleven years they have grown until today they have become a mighty factor in the politics of our country. They number in their ranks men of high and low degree, but men, who. Inspired by some power divine, have decreed that within their organization all men are equal. All ore comrades working for one great cause. They have sponsored many bills in the state and nation for the rehabilitation rehabili-tation of their disabled comrades; for the widows and orphans. , They have established a five million dollar endowment en-dowment fund for the relief of children child-ren of departed comrades. They stand for civic improvement, for government ot the people, by the people nnd for the people. For law and order and a safe und sane administration ad-ministration of our national government. govern-ment. For the promotion of good-will among the nations of the earth. For the building of a sturdy citizenship by the proper training of our youth. They stand for preparedness, physical, physi-cal, mental, and martial. Preparedness Prepared-ness that n healthy and normal people tran sustain nn adequate army nnd navy for their own protection without danger of acquiring . a militaristic spirit. As these 500.000 men stand pledged today to God and Country und as throughout the land they rise as one on the eleventh hour of this Armistice day to offer up n silent prayer for fhelr comrades who have passed on, they Invite you all to join with them In the observance of this rite. Let. us pledge ourselves on this day to give of the best there is in us to the advancement of our own home life, our city, nnd our state. E. W. CROCKER, Commander, Duchesne Post. No. 22. |