Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-12
|IOquent Tongues Extol
| Nations Dead Who
Fell in France
||RADE A BIG FEATURE
Esi1nated That 5000 Wis
itors Came to See
and to Hear

Tive thousand visitors journeyed
pslatka yesterday to witness and
,tcipate in the program arranged
The observance of Armistice Day,
Aeh included speeches by the states
,tf executive, speaker of the house
presntatives, Judge of the circuit
|mt, mayor of Palatka, and chair
In Of the county commissioners.
HERE was music, free exhibitions,
MT, dancing and general hilarity
.ta an early hour this morning, and
more successful celebration has
IN been held in Palatka..
The weather was ideal, in mark
contrast with that of last year,
n crowd was good-natured, the
bakers were eloquent, the music
s splendid, the football game was
thriller in which Palatka, for the
Bt time in high school history
rNsed the football goal line of an
posing team, the dancing was
BuNhing that could be desired, so
as good music could contribute
b the award of the handsome auto
Rle met with the approval of all.
dwelling the Patriotic Feature
dwelling of the bronze tablet on
hth are cast in immutable letters
names of the human contributions
hrh Putnam county made to world
sdOm was the days event which
tred American hearts to new high
plVeS.. The stand for the speak
b was erected to the west of the
Net, profusely decorated with the
iaE- When the hour for the GER
nplies arrived, 2 o'clock, a vast
hong filled the oourt house square
b streets shd hundreds were un-
Ne 10 he4f what the speakers said.
SOR1g the invocation by Rev.
W. Of the Methodist church Mayor
anside welcomed the visitors to
latka, and H.. N. Kirkman, dis
commander of the American Le-
% Tor Florida, introduced Hon. A.
Long, judge of the circuit court.
ludge Longs address was one of
finest ever heard in Palatka, his
endld voice carrying far out into
crowds as he extolled the merits
ne American soldier and this ma
aS magnificent war record since
day when Washington and his
Sgea soldiers at Valley Forge suf-
10 the Severest deprivations in
NG to win the freedom which this
a0n now enjoys. He reviewed the
i"uS conflict of arms in which this
auy has engaged, and the valor
we men who carried the torch.
vernon Hardee Deeply Sympathetic
'ollowlng his brief introduction
vernon Hardee said that he was
py sympathetic with the sneti-
u which prompted such a demon
sum as Palatka had arranged to
'memOrate such an occasion, and
Wy apprecative of the splendid
WI mat had been conferred upon
DE declared himself entirely in
a'O with the expressed and in
y ed sentiments of the people.
AFmlStlce Day, he said, is a
. one in American history, being
anniversary of the signing of
uUeument which made possible
eaulng of hostilities which cost
lany millions of lives, and its
-N"nce Is especially noteworthy
''e on this day the powers of
''''h have assembled their del
a' Washington to seek plans
Te'ehtlng recurrence of the re-
IsaSter.. The high tribute be-
pa'u to the unknown soldier at
s'on, representing all of
ava $ fallen heroes, the Cover
'4u' Is a fitting recognition of
'''efhment of the valor of its
ne paid a glowing tribute to
eriean Legion, pointing out
,pendid accomplishments it has
l'y to consummate and also
pHsations that rest on the
Vets Of the Legion men. He
'ne name of those who made
ssentatlon possible, rendered
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