Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume I

Announcement by President Wilson of the Signing of the Armistice, November 11, 1918²

November 11, 1918

My Fellow Countrymen: The armistice was signed this morning. Everything for which America fought has been accomplished. It will now be our fortunate duty to assist by example, by sober, friendly counsel, and by material aid in the establishment of just democracy throughout the world.

Woodrow Wilson

2. Reprinted from Official U. S. Bulletin, vol. 2, No. 460, Nov. 11, 1918.