Remember that number today. If possible, observe a moment of silence at eleven this morning.

Why? The Great War, later known as World War I, was ended by armistice at that time, on this date, in 1918. For many years, including decades after the end of the next war, the holiday was known as Armistice Day.

This display, at the WWI museum in Kansas City, illustrates one of the many ways in which horses and mules worked beside the men.

Anti-German sentiment ran high in the United States during this conflict. However, many children or grandchildren of German immigrants served the nation — sometimes against relatives who had chosen not to immigrate.

Sixty-seven years before the armistice, immigrants arrived in the fictional town of Elm Ridge, Illinois. Seeking opportunity in a new land, they had many adventures. Check out the romance, New Dreams, for the account of one young couple. Click on the link for book’s complete blurb. https://amzn.to/3vWydWE