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War Ends
City of Seguin Celebrates Seguin Enterprise November 16 1918 The news early Monday morning that the Kaiser had abdicated and an armistice had been signed by Germany and that peace was being discussed was the cause of the biggest demonstration ever held in Seguin. The news was greeted with the ringing of every church bell in the city, and the whistles of the different factories joined in till everybody was out to see what was the cause of the noise. Directly horns, firecrackers, shotguns, pistols, and in fact everything that could make a noise was turned loose. All the stores closed and the celebration continued all day. Funeral notices made their appearance announcing the death of Kaiser Wilhelm and that the funeral would take place in the afternoon at 3 o-clock, interment at the Courthouse yard. The school children met at the High School and marched in a parade down Austin Street, followed by numerous auto and people walking. Flags were waved from all buildings and vehicles. The school children then sang some patriotic songs at the Court House. About 10:30 o'clock a. m. five or six carloads of Seguinites, "loaded for bear" went over to New Braunfels and turned loose their artillery in force. Just after dinner a posse of about 100 Guadalupe County citizens from the Nixon section, all armed with winchesters, came in by car, with an effigy of the Kaiser, hung to a scaffold. After a short address at the Courthouse steps, the posse departed for New Braunfels. The Seguin parade, or funeral procession, was headed by a truck of armed men, who had in their possession the Kaiser's coffin, also his flag of truce. After apppropriate remarks at the grave, the coffin was lowered and the grave filled in. The largest crowd ever witnessed in Seguin was here to celebrate the day. |