{"id":2036,"date":"2017-10-18T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2017-10-18T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:00:48","slug":"on-this-day-in-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2017\/10\/18\/on-this-day-in-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in 1919…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome Home Parade walking down Green Street, 1919<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 18, 1919 was a known as “Welcome Home Day” in Kingston in honor of its servicemen and nurses returning from World War I. The \u201cWelcome Home Committee\u201d presented each with a bronze token of appreciation for service to the town and country, and sponsored festivities that included the parade seen here, as well as band concerts, decorations, speeches and a turkey supper in the Town House.<\/p>\n

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There is now a monument to the 132 men and women who “entered the service” during the war. Constructed in 1926, it is located at the intersection of Summer and Green streets.<\/p>\n

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Source: Images from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 18, 1919 was a known as “Welcome Home Day” in Kingston in honor of its servicemen and nurses returning from World War I. The \u201cWelcome Home Committee\u201d presented each with a bronze token of appreciation for service to the town and country, and sponsored festivities that included the parade seen here, as well as … <\/p>\n

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