When Falls City gave its Veterans a place of honor

In the Falls City parade of Nov. 11, 1919, Civil War veterans walked in a place of honor. Soldiers of the recent World War were there, too. Around them marched schoolchildren carrying small American flags. The procession brought generations together on the streets of a Nebraska town, one year after the armistice that stopped the fighting between the Allies and Germany. Men who had served their country marched with children too young to have known the earlier war. Their service belonged to different chapters of history. On that day, their community honored them together. At 11 a.m., whistles and bells sounded across Falls City for five minutes. Flags flew from homes and businesses. That afternoon, the parade stretched half a mile. The holiday was called Armistice Day. Long before it became Veterans Day, Falls City’s newspapers recorded the town who recognized their heroes in its streets and its theater for having served. On Nov.

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