Veterans Day
On the radio, 1924.
Veterans Day
From 1923: “In this world-problem and world-task none are more deeply concerned than women. It is we who supremely suffer and mourn when wars rage and sudden death destroys our youth. But we are not without hope.”
Veterans Day
A plea for piece, from 1922.
Veterans Day
Praying for peace, 1921.
Veterans Day
From a 1920 New York Times editorial. Then and now: the need to reinstate the United States “in the esteem of the world” by means of significant alliances.
Veterans Day
From The New York Times, November 12, 1919.
A grandfather in the Great War
This photograph (of a photograph) is the only material evidence I have of his service.
Veterans Day
From The New York Times, November 12, 1918.
On Veterans Day
The Goofein Journal is a faux newspaper, hand-lettered on cardstock, written and illustrated for an audience of one.
On Veterans Day
From Verlyn Klinkenborg.
Veterans Day
A photograph from 1942: one small moment of daily routine in a dark time.
Veterans Day
A photograph from the Library of Congress.
November 11, 1923
Woodrow Wilson and disabled veterans.
November 11, 1920
The second Armistice Day
November 11
From the New York Times: "Today is the 90th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War, and it will be commemorated very differently on each side of the Atlantic and across the borders of Europe. It's a reminder that not all 'victors' experience wars in the same way, and that their citizens can have almost as much difficulty as those of the vanquished states in coping with the collective trauma of conflict."
November 11, 1918
From the New York Times, November 12, 1918