The Lower Merion community will honor the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War I on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at the Merion Tribute House, 625 Hazelhurst Ave., Merion, PA with an open house between 3 and 5 p.m.
Activities will include speakers, exhibits, ceremonies, visuals and refreshments. Color Guards from the First City Troop and the Sons of the American Revolution will be joined by local American Legion and Boy Scout members to raise the flag and initiate the afternoon’s events. The program will include a musical tribute to Eldridge Johnson and the Victor Talking Machine and brief presentations by two local historians about life in the Philadelphia area during the World War I years. The event will close with a heritage flag ceremony and tree planting.The Merion Tribute House crystallized out of a desire to build a “Peace Memorial Community House” to honor the young men from Merion who served in the armed forces during the war. Inscriptions in the Memorial Hall honor the 84 men from Merion who served during World War I, four of whom gave their lives. There are references to battles where Americans fought and uniform insignia throughout the building, in stained and leaded glass windows.