Veterans Day, the White House, the Centennial, the End of the War I
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Veterans Day, the White House, the Centennial, the End of the War I

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The close of the World War I on November 11, 1918, ended the first great world war in American history and brought home from the battlefields of Europe more than 2 million veterans. In such a time as a world war the White House claims full attention and a deep hold on Americans. In this issue of White House History Quarterly we mark the Centennial of the end of World War I with articles on President Woodrow Wilson's White House, the events leading up to America's entry into the war, the peace process, and the observance of Veterans Day over the last century.
We think less and less about World War I—the Great War—as a century has passed. Some of us remember the red paper poppies given out on Veterans Day, reminiscent of those that bloomed following the battles on Flanders Field, near what became the Belgian Cemetery at Tyne Cot where 368 American veterans are among 11,965 war dead who lie in peace amid rows of poppies.
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