Five years since the Armistice was signed! A long time, yes. But we’re still too close to the World war for any of us to “grasp” what really opened and sense its connection with the future.
Under arms in the great war were 65 million men. Casualties totaled more than 37 millions. That tells only part of the story of horror. But it should be called daily to the attention of every one.
Alas, memory is short. Humanity likes to forget the unpleasant side of life. That is why catastrophes like wars are repeated. One generation trying to forget, fails to impress indelibly on the minds of the rising generation the frightfulness sorrow and futility of the battlefield.
Celebrate Armistice Day by teaching your children to hate war and all that goes with it. Forget the “glory” which is the camouflage of the militarists.
Thirty-seven million casualties! Tell them that.
Thirty-seven million casualties! Tell it again.
Thirty-seven million casualties? Never stop telling.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Nov. 11, 1923. Goldsboro Publishing Company, John D. Langston, President; R.F. Beasley, Editor
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