11/12/2025
107 years ago on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month fighting in World War I came to a close as the Armistice took effect. For years November 11 was celebrated as Armistice Day, but in 1954 November 11th was re-designated as Veterans Day to honor American Veterans of all wars.
Thank you to all our Veterans, past and present.
This photograph was taken at Camp Devens on November 11, 1918 in front of the Sweetheart Memorial on Jackson Road. In celebration-and to make lots of noise-the revelers carried "all kinds [of implements] from broom handles to dishpans, and lots of them, too."