Show 1918 Anni armistice day 1911 la 44 I 1 j ai 4 0 A 9 AMrA rW 1 aa 0 T I 1 n 3 C N ra A HUSH comes over the land the clock strikes eleven traffic halts wheels stop work ceases men alen women and children throughout america face thelast the east A bugle blows taps for americas sons who made the supreme e sacrifice on the battlefields of freedom I 1 with bowed heads we recall another november bilth when the last shot was fired in france we pay tribute to the unknown soldier who sleeps in arlington cemetery and to the unnumbered thousands of our sons and big brothers who sleep not in the glory of arlington but in the greater glory of autumn on wooded slope or in sunny field beneath the quiet stars on fames eternal camping ground their silent tents ae spread and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead amid the imploring silence of this solemn hour comes the realization that th t the flower of americas manhood died not in vain though the world is once more engulfed in the throes of war they gave reality to the word freedom they gave us a rich heritage to hold high the torch of liberty the spark inherited from the legions of the fallen who died in man hoods morning on the grand highway of freedom still glows in all american hearts todi today |