Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-11
WASHINGTON
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO SOLDIERS
National Arnlistice Day
Ceremonies Are Held at
Capital.

"0suAu8tou, NOV. Al.-On Cue plAAn
granite block in Arlington cemetery
to American ideals. there blossomed
today wealth OF flowers laid rev.
erently there to commemorate the
first anniversary Of the home coming
of Americas unknown soldier from
France. Again the nation sealed the
covenant OF American faith it then
pledged beside the grave now covered
by the massive boulder.
And the utter simplicity of the
scenes today. contrasted against rec
objections Of pomp and sp!endor OF a
year ago in the same beauty Of set
ting, served to add new glory to the
memory of this humble soldier.
h, Guns Salute.
Again President Harding made the
pilgrimage from Washington In be-
half Of all his countrymen. But this
time the message he bore was no spok
en- word but a simple wreath to rest
on the great stone. The guns that
roared the national salute in honor Of
the dead alone broke the stiffness to
voice a nations pride.
For the army Secretary Weeks ac-
companied the. president and for the
navy Secretary DENLY. That complet-
ed the group which carried to the
was placed for all the nation. The
only touch Of ceremony was that lent
by q Gathering troop Of cavalry which
escorted the presidential party.
Many Others Attend.
There were many others who took
occasion to pay homage to the un-
! known, among them General PERISH
| ing, for himself ana the other COM
rades of the dead in France. The gen.
eral could not 60 in person for he had
! been called to New York, but his aide
| bore the wreath to the great stone
around which the flowers clustered as
| the day moved On.
None but the routine restrictions of
the quiet cemetery were in force TO-
| day. As on every day in the year the
| public was free to come and 80 among
the great dead resting there and
about the memorial ampitheater on
the terrace in front Of which stands
the tomb Of the unknown. Any who
! cared to make the journey OF remem-
/ br4nce could share with the president
or With the war mothers or with any
! other -hcnors pald to- the dead.
i Dead in France Remembered.
Hnt Americas share in Armistice
! day events was not confined to those
! at home. The dead in France were no,
forgotten, nor was there lack OF
American fellowship at the great cere-
monial in Brussels where the Belgian
unknown, perhaps among the first to
fall in tho great war, was entombed
amid scenes such ~ those that wit
messed tho honor Great Britain and
France and Italy and America did
their hero dead.
At the eight American cemeteries
in France, Belgium and England
there remain the bodies of 30.363 sol.
diers, sailors and marines who gave
their lives during the war. Al
each Of these. from the Meuse-Ar.
gonne, Aisne -Marne. Suresnes, st. Nj
!; hiel. the Somme, Oise-Aisne in France
in Flanders field In Belgium and ir
Brookwood in England, appropriate
services were held throughout The
day with American diplomats or mill
tary and naval officials paying tribute
At home in the national cemeteries
in New York and San Francisco anc
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, wher'
many war dead from France are
buried. there also were public expires
sions during the day but to the 1857:
brought home for burial in private
cemeteries, the nations gratitude wal
expressed by President Harding a
Arlington.