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Then and now
The top photo, which is labeled “1920 or 1921” shows a Sylva Armistice Day parade as it rounds the curve at the west end of town. The precursor of Veterans Day, Armistice Day (Nov. 11), marked 1918’s end of World War I, when world leaders signed a peace agreement – an armistice – on the 11th day of the 11th month. According to “The History of Jackson County,” word of the armistice “was received with great joy in Jackson County. It was reported that the whistles of the Sylva Tanning Co. were blown and that church bells and school bells all over the county were rung.” The two buildings behind the floats are Early’s Service Station, left, thought to be run by Sion Early, and Osborne Buchanan’s barn. Buchanan was the grandfather of lifetime Sylva resident Allie Huff. Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day around 1953 . The west end of Main Street was reconfigured (lower photo) in the late 1990s during Streetscape construction. – Herald file photo (top) and Herald photo by Nick Breedlove. Also see this week’s Ruralite Cafe |
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