Only a few feet walk from the Burger King near the Somerset Circle in Raritan is a small stone plaque between 2 rock columns which marks the place where WWI officially ended in the United States on July 2, 1921. Though the conflict was over in 1918, the U.S. Senate voted against ratifying the Treaty of Versailles and joining the League of Nations in 1919 and 1920. This meant the country remained enemies with Germany until the Knox-Porter Resolution was offered as an alternative to the treaty. With the president's signature, the resolution would officially end America's involvement with the Great War. But President Warren G. Harding wasn't in Washington to sign the papers; he was staying with longtime friend, Senator Joseph Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. The papers were delivered to the Raritan country club, where Harding took a break from his game of golf to sign the resolution
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