Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

Nov. 11, 1920

Armistice Day, 1920 will not present the boisterous features that characterized it in 1918. This year it will resemble a memorial and to that end President Wilson has issued an order directly that on Sunday Nov. 14, the United States flag shall be displayed at half-mast at all military posts, naval stations, on vessels and on buildings of the United States “as a token of the Nation’s participation in the memorial services held for the heroic American soldiers, sailors, marines and others who gave their lives to their country in the World War”.

Owing almost...