One of the guns of Battery D, 105th Field
Artillery, showing an American flag which was hoisted after the last shot
had been fired when the Armistice took effect. Etraye, France. November
11, 1918. Below: Announcement of the Armistice was the occasion for a huge celebration in Philadelphia, PA.
Thousands massed on all sides of the replica of the Statue of Liberty on
Broad Street and cheered unceasingly. |