I did not get up until noon and went to dinner and read all afternoon. Then had supper and wrote some letters. It was a very cold and rainy day. We had a good meeting at night, and there were some of the soldiers from the hospital there. It was a farewell for some of the workers; they were going home. They were tired out. God had blessed their efforts here, and they were glad because of the opportunity He had given them. The meeting closed with a good song and prayer. Goodnight.
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In January 1919, Margaret embarked on a remarkable motor tour through the former battlefields and into occupied Germany. She visited the devastated landscapes of Soissons, Reims, Verdun, and the Argonne before crossing into Luxembourg and Germany, reaching Koblenz where American forces were headquartered.
Research Links for Further Study
- U.S. Army Center of Military History. (n.d.). Occupation and demobilization, 1918–1923. U.S. Army.
- Regional History Institute. (n.d.). Coblenz — A real American city in Europe. In Stars and Stripes over the Rhine.
- Boissoneault, L. (2017, April 12). The women who fried donuts and dodged bombs on the front lines of WWI. Smithsonian Magazine.
Diary of a World War I Donut Girl 