Word: wreath
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mild aftermath of the great struggle around the tree. In the space which now composes the Bollis-Harvard-Idonel-Bolden Chapel quadrangle grew the tree, and around it sat in a low grand stand the ladies, who cheered as vociferously then as now. Ten feet up the tree a wreath of flowers encircled the trunk, and to get a small bouquet of these flowers was the dearest ambition of every Senior. Caps and gowns were cast aside, and the oldest possible clothes were worn. It was every man for himself, and the struggles were tremendous. Sometimes men grouped together...
...Britain. The good-will bearers left their luggage at the Hotel Cecil, formed ranks on the Embankment and marched to Whitehall with a wreath of poppies, to Westminster Abbey with another wreath...
...Papal reception followed the laying of a wreath of dahlias on the grave of Italy's Unknown Soldier, and parading to "The Star Spangled Banner," "Piave" and "Giovinezza." Ascending the snowy marble steps of the Apostolic Palace, the Legionaries, all dressed in their evening clothes, were met by smiling Swiss Guards whom Vatican etiquette forbade to salute. The Pope came forth in white. The Legionaries knelt. Commander Savage and a few others were presented. The Pope examined the Legion flag, made a speech...
...Paris, the scarlet pompons of the Garde Republicaine blazed around the Gare des Invalides. Bands played "The Star-Spangled Banner." General Pershing and Commander Savage proceeded at once to the Arc de Triomphe and the grave of the Soldat Inconnu. They had brought half a bronze wreath, the other half of which lay on the Unknown Soldier's grave in Arlington, Va. France's highest officialdom joined the Americans in two minutes of silence and a rigid salute, followed by Taps on a sad bugle through the drizzle...
...Royal Windsor jumped up from Windsor, Ontario, and headed east. Late that night a telephone tinkled tidings to tho world from St. Johns, Quebec. The Royal Windsor had landed with one wing afire. The blaze was extinguished. Regretfully Flyers Clarence Schiller and Phil Wood took from the ship a wreath marked "Nungesser-Coli" which they had hoped to drop as a memorial into the vast grey sea. ¶For nearly a mile a huge Farman Bluebird snorted and rolled, gathering speed at Le Bourget Field, Paris. It rose, surprising some, for it weighed twelve tons. It was the largest ship...