General John J. Pershing
In December 1920, General Pershing attended a memorial service for departed members of the Freeport Elks at their clubhouse on Merrick Road and Grove Street (now Guy Lombardo Avenue).
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John J. Pershing led American troops to victory in Europe during World War I.
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Pershing was appointed in September 1919 to the rank of general of the armies—the highest rank in the U.S. Army and one once held by George Washington. In the late 1920's, the mother of fallen Freeporter Theodore deKruijff, went on an tourof France with Pershing.
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Pershing's book, My Experience in the World War won a Pultizer Prize in 1931.
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Sources:
“Elks Hold Annual Service :Gen. Pershing a Guest at Memorial Exercises of Freeport Lodge" New York Times (1857-Current file) [New York, N.Y.] 6 Dec. 1920,12. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). ProQuest. Freeport Memorial Library, Freeport, NY. 9 May. 2008.
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"Pershing, John J. 1860-1948." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent Tompkins. Vol. 2: 1910-1919. Detroit: Gale, 2001.
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