Modern Americans may have trouble imagining what it was like to live in the United States at the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918.

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth PEACE,” said a banner headline in the Deseret News.

Near the bottom of the front page was this short statement from Woodrow Wilson, the president of the United States:

“My fellow countrymen,” it began, “The armistice was signed this morning. Everything for which America fought has been accomplished. It will now be our fortunate duty to assist by example, by sober friendly counsel and by material aid in the establishment of just democracy throughout the world.”

That was the optimistic pronouncement of the end to World War I. That was the tone struck on the very first of what later became Veterans

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