107 Years Ago
The May 1, 1919 Colorado Transcript reminded Jefferson County of their obligation to purchase "Victory Loan notes." World War I had ended the previous November, but we had yet to finish paying the costs of the war. A concerted campaign was underway to persuade Americans to buy government bonds.
"Little Zeb," the bullet scarred whippet battle tank, which did valiant service in driving the huns back from Flanders, was in Golden Sunday, and in spite of the terrific downpour of rain, Golden people turned out in goodly numbers to welcome the little tank and its crew of veterans of the great war.
To remind the public of how much they owed the brave soldiers, a tank, manned by veterans, visited Golden.
The two officers wore wound stripes, and Lieutenant Parish wore the Croix de Guerre, awarded for exceptional bravery in the Argonne forest fighting.
The tank started at the Williams Garage (now Woody's Pizza) and headed south on Washington Avenue. From there, it went slowly up Lookout Mountain, eventually arriving at Buffalo Bill's grave.
Here a salute was fired over the grave, and short Victory Loan talks were made by the officers.
