Sunday, November 11, 2012

Oldest Military Blogger Recalls Armistice Day 1932.
Veterans of the World War, Living and Fallen Remembered.
The War to end all Wars did not have a number after it'
Less than 25 years later, we started to call it, WWI.

I was ten.
Attending my senior semester of Elementary School.
P.S.4 was located on the south side of Rivington Street
of the lower east side of Manhattan.
Class 6B was a home room where students did not move from
room to room to change subjects of study.
Miss Kennedy was the Home Room Teacher of Class 6B.
All our teachers were addressed as, Miss
We had no male teachers in the building.
Hoover was the President, the Country was in a state of Depression,
 and I lived three Blocks from the school.
Walking distance.
There was no School Transportation other than High School.
Armistice Day was a regular school day..
All our Classes participated in their Home Room.
At 11 A.M. on November the 11th, the school bell rang to announce
two minutes of silence, with each student's head lowered,
onto their folded arms, on their desktop.
The Church bells from the street sounded, at a solemn toll
for those 2 minutes.
Miss Kennedy sobbed and wept, openly.
At the end of classes that day,Miss Kennedy, an heiress to the
McCormick and Kennedy Trucking Fortune, got into her
chauffeur driven Rolls Royce parked at the front gate of the school,
and I walked home.      

7 comments:

CI-Roller Dude said...

Dang it, she wouldn't even give you a ride home?

Anonymous said...

Just love your style of writing.... Intriguing and stimulating !
I felt like a little girl sitting in class with you !

solfine said...

Glad to hear from you guys. Thank you
for your visit and encouragement...

Anonymous said...

My husband's first comment... Wow this is the real deal here ! He loved it.... Just a real story about true feelings !
Thank you Sol for this wonderful life's experience entry.
Very thought provoking ! Your a great writer !

solfine said...

Welcome to the real reality of life
after war and honest things you
never knew were important to talk about to anyone else.....
Thank you for listening..
Solomon

Anonymous said...

3rd attempt to post comment. Great that Nov. 11th took you back to a memory as a school boy!
My earliest recollection is of my
father working at Cockshutt's to
manufacture war ammunition instead
of farm equipment...and War Savings
Stamps to purchase necessities. MBK

solfine said...

Sorry if you had a problem with your comment here.
Success brings good feelings with your efforts..
Glad my post refreshed your
memories of your Dad's contribution
on the Home Front,to end the war..
Come again and Thank you.