Covenant the Legacy Left by America's Dead Covenant the Legacy Left by America's Dead
President Wilson in Paris articulates a defense of the League of Nations, urging that private statecraft must yield to world counsel. He honors American and French dead, praises allied unity, and vows the League will prevent future wars while warning against a return to selfish older orders.
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Memorial Service Honors Amesbury War Hero Thornton
Memorial exercises in Amesbury dedicate Thornton square at Friend and Main streets to Corporal John J. Thornton of Di Company 54th Infantry the town's only WWI casualty. Rev S James Carin and others spoke as volleys fired. Thornton died Nov 2 1918 in France after commanding a machine gun position on Hill 3212. He had served three years in the navy aboard U S S Texas and was the son of Patrick and the late Mrs Thornton of 20 Sparhawk Street. His brother Patrick B H Thornton served at Camp Jackson SC.
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St. Joseph's Church
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Sparhawk Street
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Columbia
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Veterans of Three Wars Honor Dead at Memorial Day Observances
Crowds at Boston cemeteries filled with war veterans from Civil War Spanish American War and late conflict. Mass at Calvary chapels ushered memorials while wreaths and flags marked graves at Mt Hope and Elks Rest. Titanic victims Oscar Strauss and Henry B Harris memorials cast wreaths from a liner bridge as sundown services proceeded.
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