Showing posts with label Ft. Dix New Jersey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ft. Dix New Jersey. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

November 11, 1920. Armistice Day.

It was, of course, Armistice Day.

In the U.S., veterans gathered.


In France and the UK, their unknown soldiers were interred.

In the UK, Parliament passed the Government of Ireland Act which provided for home rule in Ireland, in two separate political entities, north and south Ireland.  It never went into effect in the south due to the Anglo Irish War.  It simply came too late.

Monday, March 25, 2019

March 27, 1919. New York's 27th Division receives a parade, Wyoming veterans reported on way home.

American Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps transporting wounded veterans of the 27th Division in a parade held on this day in New York City, 1919.

A huge parade was held on this day in New York City where the 27th Division, which had been formed from New York National Guardsmen, marched.

West Point cadet receiving hot chocolate from a Red Cross volunteer.




 Wounded and nurse viewing from an open window on Millionaires' Row.

Camp Dix, March 25, 1919.

Probably more than a few of those soldiers had come through Camp Dix at some point.



Closer to home. .  or not, Wyomingites read that 147 Wyomingites in the 264th Infantry were on the way home.