History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. IOI. THEIR HOME COMING. IO3 Every city, town and hamlet in South Jersey was rep-resented in the great throng which crowded the the Court House they were greeted by the multitudesinging Keep the Home Fires Burning. At the plantsof the Victor Talking Machine Company and JosephCampbell Company thousands of workmen and girlscheered, hugged and showered the boys with confetti. As they passed under the victory arch of the NinthWard Republican Association on Broadway, aboveRoyden street, the employes of
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. IOI. THEIR HOME COMING. IO3 Every city, town and hamlet in South Jersey was rep-resented in the great throng which crowded the the Court House they were greeted by the multitudesinging Keep the Home Fires Burning. At the plantsof the Victor Talking Machine Company and JosephCampbell Company thousands of workmen and girlscheered, hugged and showered the boys with confetti. As they passed under the victory arch of the NinthWard Republican Association on Broadway, aboveRoyden street, the employes of the J. B. Van SciverCompany showered them with flowers, while the LibertyBell, tolled by the club in all its war drive campaigns,rang out in unison with the bells of old St. Johns Epis-copal Church and Sts. Peter and Pauls Catholic Church. At the 3d Regiment Armory the troops were dinedby the Camden County Chapter of the Red Cross. Itwas a, wonderful sight to see these boys enjoy the bigmeal with hundreds of relatives waiting to greet themin the building. The scenes were touching as the
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