“Not pacifists, but soldiers, have signed what several editors term one of the most striking and remarkable appeals for peace that have come to their tables.”


Veterans of the 1914-1918 slaughter called for their respective governments to “oppose territorial aggrandizement” and demanded “that an international court be established to outlaw war“; following the establishment of said court, the immediate effort “to disarm and disband sea and air forces and destroy the implements of warfare” should begin. The American Legion Commander-in-Chief, Alvin Owsley (1888 – 1967), was among the signators.


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KEY WORDS: Veterans Against War 1922,WW1 Veterans United in Peace 1922,American Legion Signs 1922 Peace Decree,American Legion Trumps American Sovereignty In Favor of International Court 1922

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