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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
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Local Boy Writes of Peace Celebration in France;
French People Wild With Joy When News Came
Sergeant Leigh Allen, Of Mansfield Tells How the French People Celebrated
Signing of the Armistice.
Tours, France, Nov. 12, 1918
Note: Column ends here, but is continued with gap in text in next.We
have ony a fragment of the following article.
carrying the most picturesque torches, reminding one of the ancient
Grecian ones. They were preceded by the French cavalry bearing a
flag of each nation in the war except the enemies, and between marched
the important men of the evening.
Five French generals were marching in the first rank between
the torch bearers and their wonderful dress uniforms of red, blue and black,
with a great deal of gold braid surely made a most charming picture.
Behind these high officials marched the English and American officers and
bringing up the rear ranks were our own wonderful marine band. The
crowds were so dense that the parade made slow but gloriously applauded
progress. I shall never forget the magnificent sight and the
thought of those French cavaliers bearing the standards of the Allies made
one feel that they have seen some part of the great crusades, as we really
are.
The line finally came to a halt in the great public square where
now the fountains were playing and red, white and blue lights were shooting
their rays up, apparently with the spray of the fountains.
A sudden quietness… Note: the column ends here, is not continued.
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 11/16/2003
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com
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