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War is declared between U.S. & Germany. yesterday [written in pencil]. Everyone is crazy. Co. K leaves Mon. Eggs .30 cts. Crocheted in P.M. May went down in P.M.
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Transcription of a 1915 - 1919 diary written by my husband's grandmother Ada May (Grimshaw) Illingworth who lived in Springfield, Vermont.
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And in 1918 at this time the fighting is fierce. One of my favorite things about looking at these journals is seeing that life just goes on in Vermont--as it does now, with all the troubles elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteI know. It's very poignant.
ReplyDeleteIt also strikes me as sanity vs insanity.
What a terrible waste that War was.