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- Millicent Coombs Freed: I do remember Armistice Day in Madison.
The year was 1918.
I was 10 years old.
I think it came over the radio.
We could hear the whistles blowing
and the church bells started to ring.
And then people went all out from their houses,
all the kids running up and down the streets.
And soon after that,
I think everybody gathered up at the Capitol Square.
The soldiers started marching, and then the kids anyway,
would get up and they'd run and follow the parade.
And I'm sure it went all around the Square several times.
It was a lot of fun.
And of course, we kids, we were 10 to 12 years old,
it's just very, very exciting.
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