Armistice Day is a day where
they signed a treaty for peace in World War 1 on November the 11th
1918 11: am. To honour the people they made an Athletics Day. They held all
sorts of events. Returned solders and teacher came back to host the Athletics
Day. They made an event called the Peace Shield for the fastest person from
each school. They had to run 220 yards for the Peace Shield. They try to run
the race at the time of the treaty was signed. The first winner of the Peace
Shield was a girl from Mahana School. Two schools dropped out of the Athletics
day so they added a new school called Tasman Bay Christian School. In the 1960s
they changed the event to the closest Saturday to Armistice Day so parents
could attend.
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