PRESIDENT HARDING RESOLVED WARFARE SHOULD END
Lancaster, New Hampshire (JFK+50) On August 4, 1921, President Warren G. Harding said he believes the world is "about to expurgate warfare from the processes of civilization."
The President spoke "from the tonneau* of an automobile in the public green" here in Lancaster. Mr. Harding spoke "with enthusiasm of the potentialities" of the approaching peace conference.
President Harding said...
"We of this generation have witnessed the most gigantic conflict of all time. We of America and all the world are resolved today that warfare ought to come to an end."
*tonneau (cover) the part of an automobile, typically an open car, occupied by the back seat.
SOURCES
"Harding Sees World Peace Won by U.S.," by Boyden R. Sparkes, The New York Tribune, August 5, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Timeline of 20th and 21st Century Wars," www.iwm.org.uk/
JFK+50 COMMENT
Despite the good intentions of President Harding, world warfare did not come to an end. According to the "Timeline of 20th and 21st Century Wars," these are just some of the conflicts that have occurred since 1921...
Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
World War II 1939-1945
Israeli-Palestine War 1948+
Korean Conflict 1950-1953
Vietnam War 1955-1975
Gulf War 1990-1991
War in Bosnia 1992-1995
War in Afghanistan
War in Iraq 2003-2011
War with Isis 2014+
