This week's topic at Sepia Saturday is Letters Home. The photos shows soldiers diligently writing home. I just had to add to the collection not because I have a photo of a soldier to share but because I have a World War I letter written by a soldier. This letter was not written to Mother & Father. It was written to a sweetheart.
This letter was written
15 November 1918
by
Private
Herman L. Englander: HQrs Co. 358th Infantry: Amr. Exp. Forces, France.
It was written to my maternal grandmother, Helen F. Coyle.
I'd love to hear from someone related to the soldier.
I will share the full text of the letter in a future blog post.
How wonderful that you have this letter still; of course we are now all waiting to hear what it said!
ReplyDeleteNell, please check back on Friday, August 22.
DeleteColleen, you may wonder why the comments are few, this may be because you have word verification switched on. None of the regulars on Sepia Saturday uses this any more, and you may like to consider switching it off and relying on comment moderation, which seems to work quite well.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a thrill to receive one of those letters.
ReplyDeleteAnd a nice long letter as well. I'll look forward to reading what it says.
ReplyDeletePlease do tell us what was in this love letter! Very curious to know.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the full text. You're so lucky to have this letter.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, I am looking forward to the rest!
ReplyDeletethat's a story only half told - let us have the rest soon please?
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else has expressed here, I'll be waiting to find out what the letter says. :))
ReplyDeleteSo...Herman Englander did NOT marry your grandmother? He was an old boyfriend? How wonderful that she saved it! I hope you hear from somebody related to him! Let us all know...
ReplyDeleteDeb, if I hear from anyone connected to Herman I will definitely blog about it! [fingers crossed]
DeleteIt must be amazing to have such an old letter. Just to think - it has lasted all these years.
ReplyDeleteAlex, I wonder if he played a larger role in my grandmother's life than I know. Why else would she save the letter for such a long time. My mother saved it also but going through her mother's things was also a very emotional experience for her and she wanted to save everything.
DeleteAren't you lucky to have a letter that is so old! Standing by with bated breath for the translation.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading the contents of the letter.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo by the way.
Not that's a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteFellow bloggers, check my blog on Friday, August 22 for the transcript of the letter. Glad to see so many people are interested. Many I will find the soldier's family.
ReplyDeleteI love the way it begins: "I take the pleasure in writing to you and to let you know I have not forgotten you." The art of letter writing has truly been forgotten. Even those with just a few years of education seemed to know how to begin a sweet letter. I look forward to reading the full transcript on Friday.
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