Monday, October 28, 2019

Monroe's Official Welcome Home Celebration to Solders and Sailors Set for Nov. 11th, 1919

From The Monroe Journal, Oct. 28, 1919

Welcome Home Celebration

Monroe’s official “Welcome Home” celebration to the men who served in the world war will be held Tuesday, November 11th. All soldiers and sailors with their families and friends are urged to be present on that day. Entertainment will be furnished the ex-service men, a feature of which will be a barbecue.

On this day, memorial exercises will be held for those Union county boys who made the supreme sacrifice.

The executive committee of the Union County Memorial Association met last Saturday and made plans for this service. It was decided that all member so families of deceased soldiers would be given an urgent invitation to attend and that seats be reserved for them. Messrs. G.B. Caldwell, R.B. Redwine, F.H. Wolfe and Clifford Fowler were appointed as a citizens committee to confer with soldiers regarding the exercises. Committees were also appointed to give publicity to the Peace Day celebration and to make plans for publicly welcoming the returned soldiers and sailor.

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