On November 11, 1918, church bells rang out across the United States and, indeed, across Canada and all of Europe. The war to end all wars was over. The Great War that came to be known as World War I ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The Treaty of Versailles wasn’t signed for another seven months. But the moment the fighting ended is generally viewed as the end of the war. The world breathed a sigh of relief. People could return to peaceful pursuits. But there