Honoring the fallen, 100 years later
Solemn ceremonies in New Jersey and New York on May 23 paid tribute to 44,000 American troops whose remains were transported back home a century ago from the battlefields of Europe.![American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford greeted President Warren Harding in New York City and escorted him to the national homecoming ceremony Hoboken, NJ.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20210523_WWI%20Homecoming_025.jpeg?itok=JgMe2fL-)
American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford greeted President Warren Harding in New York City and escorted him to the national homecoming ceremony Hoboken, NJ.
![100 years ago, the remains of American service members killed in World War I were returned home via ships. In 1921, one of these ships, the USAT Wheaton, was designated to represent all homecoming ships in a national commemoration to pay tribute to all of America’s returning war dead.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20210523_WWI%20Homecoming_034.jpeg?itok=Wc1KuYIj)
100 years ago, the remains of American service members killed in World War I were returned home via ships. In 1921, one of these ships, the USAT Wheaton, was designated to represent all homecoming ships in a national commemoration to pay tribute to all of America’s returning war dead.
![The Homecoming 2021 ceremony in Hoboken, NJ.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20210523_WWI%20Homecoming_035.jpeg?itok=f9uRj1jp)
The Homecoming 2021 ceremony in Hoboken, NJ.
![American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford greeted President Warren Harding in New York City and escorted him to the national homecoming ceremony Hoboken, NJ.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20210523_WWI%20Homecoming_051.jpeg?itok=kiRJyeCF)
American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford greeted President Warren Harding in New York City and escorted him to the national homecoming ceremony Hoboken, NJ.