Then the kids were dismissed. It was, after all, a national holiday, Armistice Day. This was in 1940, and matters were unsettled, worldwide. Officially, the U.S. was on the sidelines of gathering ...

It was the day of the Armistice Day Blizzard, and a day that etched itself into the memories of all who lived through it. On Nov. 11 of each year, Americans celebrate Veterans Day, but in 1940 ...

1940 Armistice Day Blizzard a day that started out warm in the 60 degrees and the... 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard a day that started out warm in the 60 degrees and the temperature dropped so ...

It was another "early in the season" storm that caught Minnesota residents off guard -- the Armistice Day Blizzard. That blizzard struck back on Nov. 11, 1940. The powerful winter storm claimed ...

His story is one of several featured in the book “All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard.” William Hull collected more than 500 blizzard tales ...

FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze ...

FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze ...

Jerome Christenson Daily News Nov 11, 2015 Nov 11, 2015 0 The forecast was wrong. As paperboys struggled against an increasingly fierce wind, the papers they lodged behind porch doors and ...

Nov. 11, 1940: Known as the Armistice Day blizzard, the storm killed 154 people in the Upper Midwest, including 49 Minnesotans, many of whom were bird hunters who froze to death after getting ...

As I sound-off to my dad, he returns volley. "The Armistice Day blizzard of 1940 was a lot worse than this," he says. Don Gallagher, of Storm Lake, Iowa, turns 90 on Monday. He was a high school ...