Collingsworth Chronicles

Voices from the past  

  • A soldier writes letters home during the war.
    A soldier writes letters home during the war.
  • Soldiers mail letters to home during the war.
    Soldiers mail letters to home during the war.
  • A letter from a soldier.
    A letter from a soldier.
    Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, was declared a holiday by Wellington Mayor R.A. Williams. Businesses and schools were closed in celebration of the cease-fire, or armistice, that ended World War I. The Armistice was signed at 5:12 a.m. in a brown railroad car in the Forest of Compiegne, France, but didn’t actually take effect until 11 a.m. A year later, President Woodrow ...

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