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The 1917 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States on Tuesday, December 4, 1917, during his turbulent second term.He spoke in the United States House of Representatives chamber, in the United States Capitol.
On November 10, 1923, Wilson made his last national address, delivering a short Armistice Day radio speech from the library of his home. [291] [292] Wilson's health did not markedly improve after leaving office, [293] declining rapidly in January 1924. He died on February 3, 1924, at the age of 67.
Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
Keynes reviews the facts whereby the Armistice was based on acceptance by the Allies and Germany of Wilson's Fourteen Points and other terms referred to in making the Armistice. On 5 October 1918 the German government addressed a brief Note to the President accepting the Fourteen Points and asking for peace negotiations.
In November 1919, President Wilson issued a proclamation recognizing Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. It was to be observed with parades and public meetings and a brief ...
The Centralia Tragedy, also known as the Centralia Conspiracy [2] and the Armistice Day Riot, [3] [4] was a violent and bloody incident that occurred in Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day.
A two-minute silence has been observed across the nation to mark Armistice Day. The country fell silent at 11am on the anniversary of the end of the First World War to remember those who have died ...