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Show "SIOUX CITY IN WORLD WAR" Historian of Monahan Post Is Praised as Author of History of tha Organization. Fred W. Pierce, historian of the Edward Ed-ward H. Monahan post of the American Legion in Sioux City, Ia received the praise of the Legion's national executive execu-tive committee for his work as director of the Gold Star ceremonial, a patriotic community tribute to the World' war dead, and as author of a history of the Monahan post. The production was held three days, during vr&ich it was witnessed by almost al-most every resident of the city. It symbolized the participation of Slous City In the World war, paying tribute to the memory of 114 men killed in the war. Scenes from the war, pageantry, music mu-sic and addresses of orators carried out an allegory, culminating in a tableaux designed to portray the efforts of the American Legion in honoring the dead. k " V 4 I FRED W. PIERCE A most Impressive feature of the presentation pres-entation was the escort to the auditorium audi-torium of a large number of "gold star" mothers and wives of deceased soldiers. Pierce was the moving spirit in conducting con-ducting the ceremonial, and In compiling com-piling the history, "Sioux City in the World War." A portion of the admission admis-sion fees to the ceremonial and of profits from sale of the history were devoted to the Legion's fund to provide pro-vide for the permanent unnual decoration decor-ation of overseas graves. |