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From the Morgue
The Southeast Missourian's resident historian Sharon K. Sanders blogs about interesting pieces of local history pulled from the newspaper's morgue -- the place where our old editions are kept.
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Veterans Day marks WWI Armistice
Posted Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 12:00 AM
The United States will honor its veterans Sunday on what historically is the 94th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. Originally, the observance was referred to as Armistice Day.
In 1937, the Missourian's coverage of the holiday included a front-page story about war buddies A.T. Baldwin of Cape Girardeau and Clarence Williams of Chaffee.
Baldwin continued his work with the American Legion, helping to organize the group's annual Fourth of July celebration. He was a member of the Golden Troopers, the drum and bugle corps of the Louis K. Juden Post, prior to World War II. He died in 1952 and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.
The records are a bit confusing about Williams. A Curtis Howard Williams -- not Clarence Williams, as was listed in the article -- enlisted in Company L, Sixth Missouri Infantry, in Cape Girardeau on June 30, 1917. He was killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918. Where he was buried is unknown.
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