Lex Anteinternet: December 7, 1918. Doughboy Santa on the Saturday Evening Post, British Day in the US, POWs on their way home through Switzerland,

Friday, December 7, 2018

December 7, 1918. Doughboy Santa on the Saturday Evening Post, British Day in the US, POWs on their way home through Switzerland,

Christmas was coming. . . something that was always featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post with family oriented or whimsical illustrations. This year, however, the covers still reflected a martial aire, as in this illustration of Santa Clause by Leydecker in which Santa sports a M1917 helmet, Army breeches (wrong color again. . .but I think I've determined that was due to the Saturday Evening Post, not Leydecker, and a Sam Brown Belt.

Christmas wasn't the only holiday that 1918. British Day, an event called to honor the UK's role, or perhaps the entire British Empire's role, in the Great War was also observed in the United States.

British Day Celebration, Columbia South Carolina. December 7, 1918.

Elsewhere, it was get out of POW camp day.

Crowd at Basle, Switzerland, waiting to view released American POWs.

Released American POWs.

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