The Military Band in Paris – July 4, 1918
On July 4, 1918 huge crowds of French citizens hailed the US military band performing before a statue of George Washington in Paris.
This postcard, commemorating the event, was printed in Paris.
The end of the Great War was still 4 months away for the US soldiers celebrating Independence Day in France.
(A Research Note is attached to this postcard story) Mrs. George H. Strickler lived in Lancaster, the charming and historic city in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania
Mr. Raymond Shoener lived in McKeansburg, a census-designated place in Schuylkill County of east-central Pennsylvania. This small community grew up around a crossroads of two
Mrs. Elizabeth Walk lived in Washington Boro, a pleasant community perched above the Susquehanna River in western Lancaster County, PA. Today, this census-designated place maintains
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Peck lived in Quimby, a very small city near the Little Sioux River in northwest Iowa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimby,_Iowa In 1930, the population