Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
PLANS COMPLETE HERE
FOR ARMISTEcE DAY

prayed and for which millions O
young men had laid down their lives
Few there are either allied or en-.
envy who were within hearing o.
the crash Of artillery and the rattle
OF machine gun and rife fire-the
din OF battle as 1t ragged up and
down that long line from Switzer-
land to the sea-can ever, or will
ever, forget that hour. The civilian
population at home and abroad re-
joioed In wild demonstrations to see
the beams Of peace. The war was
over. The soldiers would come home.
But to the men who were on the
lines manning the instruments Of
destruction, and those who served
the gunDers and rihemen, the reae-
ton came in a different form. There
were cheers and exultation in a ma
tional victory, of course, and other
demonstrations of joy. But as the
/ pail of silence settled down and
there came a full realization that the
long days and longer nights Of
shooting and killing had at last come
to an end, tired men whose nerves
had for days been keyed almost to
the point of swapping sought rest.
And with brief period of rest came
a release from the tension, but the
feeling Of physical exhaustion re-
manned. Even in that hour of victory
many who had stood for days on the
most exposed parts of the line and
had not shr1nk from the greatest
hazard were depressed with a sense
Of Illustration and defeat. After all,
the slaughter, waste and destruction
seemed pointless and futile. Now, af-
ter twenty yeaFs-years of turmoil
and Of strifefi of social and ecOno-
mic upheavals all stemming from
the conflict which arose from the
spark at SarajevO-we still scan the
horizon with the .hape that springs
eternal in the human breast. looking.
hoping. PRAYING for the dawn of that
new era which win bring everlast-
ing peace and amity between ma
tons. $3.50
The memories ofmen who served
in the World War viii roll back to
that day in November. 1913, while
they are observing this twentieth
anniyersary-still hoping, still striv-
ing to keep their children and their
grandchildren safe from the expert
ences that we're theirs so many years
ago. And this year for the first time
since the cessation of hostilities. and
in all the years to come, Armistiee
Day will be celebrated as a national
its peculiar significance as
a day of peace has been enlarged by
official action as a day set apart and
dedicated to the cause of world
peace.
For many years the American Leg
lon has insisted upon official recog-
milton of Armistice Day. Forty-seven
States had enacted legislation max !
ng the day a state holiday. Then, in y
he final hours of the 18th Congress
Iaat jane, a bin sponsored yby Leg IA
onnaire Congressman b. w. (Budl ]
iearhart, Past Department Com !
nander of California, was enacted
that 1.-THE 18th day in Mo- '
'ember of each year, a day to be I
dedicated to the cause of world
'eace and to be hereafter celebrated I
nd known as Armistice Day, is g
Iereby made a legal public holiday e
o all intents and purposes" With 4
he signature of approval affixed by A
he President. Armistice Day takes a
ank with Memorial Day and Inde- k
Evidence Day as a day for national
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Armistice Day will this year be =
lore generally observed. The entire =
alton, for the first time, will have :
part in the observance celebrat- m
lg, as it does, the twentieth ami =,
srsary Of the end of the World War. -
he American Legion has set aside :.
lie week for special observance and
lch one Of its II ,457 Posts has been d.,
to take the lead, or to par u
cipate, in the arrangement for Ar is
istice Day programs in each COM w
unity. This leadership in a nation
ide movement designed to present "a
the general public the American an
sgion's plan for enduring peace has "
EN- cited as "a wonderful opportun- TO
= to help bring back to the entire SO
ti7enship that same snirit of ma Dt
iOtism. community service. and un-
which was theirs back in SD
Is. in a manner that will demon pa
ate the American Legion's inter- ga
/ in the welfare Of the community. SUI
tie and nation" las
In its inception Memorial Day da
IS designed as a day of remem- MT
ance of the soldier dead of the Ar
vii War, and during the first few toV
ars was most generally observed
the veterans of the Federal arm da'
, their families and friends. The Ge'
Y and its custom soon became part esa
the national tradition, almost uni Le'
sally observed in our own cOun-
for soldier and civilian alike and az
a lesser degree, in many other tne
lntries. Since November II, 1918. Mr.
nistice Day has more or less been
ked upon as day set apart for WIN
st general observance by veter- spe
of the World War, international wh'
its significance. It's purport, now Mr.
adened by the act Of our National roy
lgress. has been made clearer to X
/ rising generation OF Young Am END
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