Show DAY armistice day will ever be a glorious date in american life it records the finish of one of the greatest achievements in history consisting of the performance ot american youth as organized in our armies and the magn magni Z focient support which these armies were given by their home people serious fears have been felt for many years that american character had deteriorated it was felt that tile the relative comfort and softness of modern life in the united states had taken the stamina out of our people so that they could not stand shocks and strains but would show up yellow in any crisis chat ahat idea was dissipated by our war experience As respects courage in battle our american young men showed up just as well in 1918 as they did in any previous war their performance was for superior to the average achievement of the revolutionary patriots of of whom so much is said the revolutionary patriots were continually laying down their arms and running off home while our boys just stuck to it through the most distressing and fearful conditions until the job was done and well done the morale of the whole people was far su to ta public morale in the revolutionary period at that time congress refused to tax the people for decent support for the patriot army the soldiers with their rags and hungry faces were a most pathetic object in the late war anything that money could do was done for our cherished Eol soldiers diers the great majority of our people set aside selfish elf i ends alq and operated cooperated co heartily for the general p good the experience peri ence showed that at heart our people ale are sound if they can be roused from their ordinary by some great need armistice da day y should bring renewed faith in the future of our country but we must show the war spirit of self sacrifice if we expect any more similar triumphs |