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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. 11:00 am, November 11, 1918. It was at that time and on that date that hostilities ended in what we now know as World War I. WWI was, sadly, also deemed the “Great War” and the “War to End All Wars.” More than 116,000 Americans died in the conflict, and an additional 200,000 were wounded. North Carolina alone sent 86,457 soldiers overseas to fight.

Publication Date

11-3-2021

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs, NC

Keywords

President's Blog

November 2021: Saluting Our Veterans

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