[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 13, 1918]

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 13, 1918. Describes being in Paris when the Armistice was signed: "Everybody went wild, the streets crowded day and night with thousands of cheering people and the cafes, well my head feels like an old oaken bucket yet. For two days no one thought of ever going home, no sleep, no eating or anything, just raising Cain all the time. I could not begin to describe it; the guns were booming, sirens blowing, bands playing and every building aglow with millions of flags. At night, every electric light in Paris going full blast. You can imagine how it affected people after 4 years of darkness." Three handwritten pages, with envelope.

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