Wrangell Sentinel -

In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago.

November 11, 1938: The story of the first Armistice Day celebration in Wrangell was told in the Wrangell Sentinel of November 14, 1918, as follows: More than 142 years ago, in the city of Philadelphia, a bell rang out the news that a nation had been born with Liberty as its watchword, rang and rang that all might know the wonderful tidings. A few years ago, bells everywhere proclaimed the fact that this nation, grown to a mighty world power, had helped win liberty for a war-wracked world, and freedom from oppression and autocratic rule. November 11,...