Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - November 15, 1918
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No 39 St. Nazaire November 15
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[page 2] All night all day Tuesday and Tuesday night they kept it up. The streets were crowded at all hours with singing, dancing, howling, yelling French people. They formed rings & danced around everybody in uniform, especially Americans. Every once in a while you would be seized and made the centre of a ring
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[page 3] And when the band finished what a yell would go up from the people. I have heard noise at football games etc. but I have never heard anything to equal the sounds that burst from the silence after the Star Spangled Banner had been played. The cities in France close at 9:30 during the war. Monday night I don
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[page 4] have been pre-arranged. Tuesday night however it was the same as ever for the Americans. Out we went at 9 o
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - November 15, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 15 November 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke wrote to his mother about the celebration that took place after the armistice. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Armistice Day; World War, 1914-1918--Armistices; Celebrations |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; Intoxication |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | November 15, 1918 |
| Language | English |