The Crowd Clustered like Bees on the German Guns in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, while Celebrating the Signing of the Armistice with Germany

 
 
 

Crowds packed the Place de la Concorde in Paris as news spread that the Armistice with Germany had been signed, ending the fighting in World War I. Men and boys climbed atop captured German guns, pressing together for a view and lifting an American flag above the celebration. After four years of industrial warfare that drew in nations across the globe, the silence of the guns was met with relief and public jubilation.