The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-03-21
The Wilson Peace Parade
Al Washington D. c. Feb.
q, 1878.


The Courier editors oldeS
daughter w S an eye witness Z
1.-The Washington ID. G. peace par
ade on Feb p. 1919. and IN
letter TO her brother Bertram
lamong other words gives hln
\ mot for publication the follow
ing description Of the peace par
ade with Presto ent Wilson march
Ing Il the head OF the soldiers.
Dear Bert Now | wan
to tell you al, about the big par
AIDE on Thursday Feb. 2'th Z
welcome the President and the
soldiers home fIom France You
might think you had some parade
Iat home when peace was declar'
ed, but you should lave seen
this one. We got out at Il O'Clock
for the day 10 see il. The wealth
.er was Just fine for a para de.
the skies were clear and you
c)uld see and hear everything
nat was going or. There were
Is air ships fiyicg arouDd and
some seemed 10 be not more than
asst a little above our heads.
hey made so much noise, It Al
most made one deaf. There were
several citferenl kinds of planes.
They had a special reviewing
stand fixed for the President and
his wife and members OF the
Cabinet. Right to the east cf
his stand was a place roped eff
for a thousand singers and you
could Only get in there If you had
a special ticket 10 sing. Ncu
didn't realize what a concert
singer 1 was az home. but | got
a ticket 70 ST. e here, There was
room enough fixed for 5000 peo-
pie but they only let 1000 in so
we had plenty o. room to see the
parade. This was Just in fror I
the White House Straight
across the street were 200 wound
ed soldiers from the Walker Reed
hospital and you ought 10 see
them stand at attention and Sa-
ute whenev er the flag went Dy.
lite cir 5 went over to them
W IN big baskets of fl wers a d
di ;triblted them among the sol
ii RS. Inc President ma ch q
al the head of the parade and |
sure got & look al hir. being
right q the front ros. The off,
GERS. 4 Marine Band followed
and tn this band came into
wher, ne were singing and play
ed To re were about 80 bands
il IN parade Then came the
Officers and mon returned from
France. a0out 300 soldiers all
he pil step IN the line. The
sd. and marines were along
-rn me overseas men carried
SIS glns and other equipment
laem Just as in France.
came the exhibit o. the
In Engineers who just return
u from France few weeks ago.
Beginning the exhibit were a
pair of big search lights; he
kind they used for campaigr
work in france. Then came a
oOntoon train and showed how
steams were bridged during the
actual fighting After this came
a. exh Dit of the ordinance de-
gartment There were different
size Guns, tanks, etc many OF
tnem amoufi4ge1. striped and
paint q Ike trees. rocks and
round in yellow. brown and
-reen. There were blacksmith
hops on trucks with soldier:
Working. The kitchen and all
! st as If they were marching
B III France Following the mer
ia the World War were the old
veterans Of the Civil War wear
irg their uniforms, the blue and
tle gray. Between every differ
Q 1t part OF the parade was a
band. Then came the men OF
the men Of the Spanish American
War. There was plenty OF noise
al during the parade but the
crowd was still when the banner
ca rriers came along with a beau
tifui big white satin banner with
gold cords and one Big gold star
Ia The center with these words
above 4. The Boys We LET,
bchin5.' Right behind this
cams -he casket CO cred with
.m,t hraug fGl flowers. Then
came an oft er on horse and
besid nn IS a cavalry horse
wIthOnl or. al draped in
black Tss 8 me saddest part
.of the Darao or every onlooker.
but sacie -In for the parent
al the 90 We nfryton hovs d,