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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
16
In this city yesterday the largest crowd in New England history assembled with twenty thousand soldiers and sailors moving through streets lined by a million watchers.
Crowds filled Boston streets in joyous scenes after news of the armistice. Major General Crozier led a vast parade of soldiers sailors cadets and civilians with bands playing The Battle Hymn of the Republic and other anthems. Police reported orderly crowds and few arrests despite the large turnout.
An ad urges readers not to gamble with colds and avoid dangerous syrups. It praises Father John’s Medicine as a safe, long‑standing tonic that strengthens the body without alcohol or nerve‑deadeners to prevent pneumonia and other complications.
During a Tre mont street celebration thousands of hats valued at both high and low prices were ripped from wearers heads and trampled. Police struggled as crowds surged, overpowering officers and scattering prisoners. The melee consumed both $50 hats and $1.98 hats with equal zeal.
No work was done yesterday on any transatlantic steamships in port as longshoremen declined work to attend the Victory celebration. One vessel leaving for the tropics left 1000 tons of freight on the dock due to lack of dock labor. The absence of a patrol escort for the departing ship signaling the war’s end.
About ten thousand residents joined Arlington's Victory Day events. A daytime parade featured local civic and military groups, a Spy Pond Athletic Field program offered a band concert and community singing, and Sergeant Barthelmy of the 101st Regiment, wounded and gassed, gave an address. Evening Town Hall mass meeting included music and speeches.
In a Municipal Court session Judge Murray freed all prisoners saying the country’s great celebration warrants it. The offenders thanked the judge and left the courtroom as orders were read.
Ayer marks its largest celebration with a parade through Main Street to Depot Square led by George H. Brown. The Foreign Legion Band and flag bearers, a thousand autos, and speakers Judge George A. Patterson Judge John M. Maloney Miss Mary Gilson and Fr K Atkinson highlighted the event.
Several thousand Chelsea residents joined a patriotic victory parade led by Mayor Willard and city officials. The procession included Elks, fraternal groups, church ties, and hundreds of schoolchildren. Senator John B. Beck and Peter Colling spoke at City Hall with a French Catholic pastor leading the prayer and a local pastor delivering the benediction.
The Selectmen led Lexington townspeople in a torchlight parade by the Lexington Jazz Band State Guard fire department Grand Army Post and others from East Lexington to the battle green. Fireworks followed at the green and a mass meeting in Town Hall featured addresses by prominent citizens.
Superintendent Crowley called the Victory parade the largest crowd in city history, praising the crowd’s good behavior as state guardsmen marched. A Kaiser figure in a float drew attention while naval officers and aeroplane sights drew mixed interest from spectators.
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