The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Brevard Club to arrange suitable program for the celebration of ‘Armistice Day’ Nov. 11th have been hard at work in an effort to give Brevard something worthwhile on this noted day. Hendersonville is preparing for a “big day,” so we have learned from the big write up in the Asheville Citizen. Asheville and other cities are doing the same. The News suggests that one of the features to “pull off” would be a monster parade which will include all the ex-servicemen of the county of both Confederate and world wars, the public and private school children, a big brass band, all fraternal orders, the clubs (women and men), and the citizens in general. This is a suggestion for the committee to consider in perfecting their program. While the local committee has not conferred with the News as to giving the program all the publicity possible, the paper is as their disposal and we presume they will have something to report at an early date.
We failed to observe the 4th of July, the proposed “Home Coming Day” failed to materialize, the County Fair died a natural death, therefore in view of past experience, the News has suggested “Armistice Day” and believes it will be well to nurse this celebration that it may not meet a like fate. We must not permit our patriotism to grow less nor our love and appreciation for the boys who forced this day upon the Germans in the World’s War. While the Club has appointed a committee, it would be well for the ladies to appoint their committees from the different clubs to co-operate with the idea of making “Armistice Day” one long to be remembered in Transvylvania County.
From the editorial page of The Brevard News, Oct. 21, 1921, W.E. Breese, owner, and Wm. A. Band, publisher.
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