Yesterday, I said the rain thwarted mowing plans, but then the sun came out and I went to work! I planted 2 peonies and 4 hosta plants, weed eated 10 miles of fence and flower beds, and push mowed the dog part of the yard. Whew! Two loads of laundry after that and I was ready for a break knowing the rest of the yard mowing is tomorrow. 😎
Time to start looking through those memory boxes of Dad’s.
There were 2 BIG boxes that contained a bajillion photos. I smiled when I ran across around 15 photos that were kept separate from all the others that were of me and Scott when we were kids. I don’t know how many certified death certificates Betty kept for Dad, but I counted 10 she saved.
His honorable discharge paperwork from the army and his birth certificate were also in there. There was a HUGE bible that was encased in an extremely old box… not sure where it originated.
The two highlights for me so far…
Dad kept his Masonic Bible in a white box yellowed with age. My Pap-pa, Noah Garriott, had signed inside of it. There were a few other names I recognized from back in the day — I knew them from my time in the Rainbow for Girls.
The other was a scrapbook Dad kept from his time in Korea in the early 50’s. The scrapbook itself is amazing (I’ll share a photo another time). There were tons of pictures of Dad in there… some with friends — many of him holding/playing a guitar. ❤️
I’ve yet to dive deeply into the treasures or scan anything, but as I do, I’ll share more here.
My goal was to get rid of things I didn’t care to keep — items that aren’t sentimental to me and photos of people he knew from his time in Brandenburg or from the Corydon Jamboree where he played music every weekend. I accomplished that much at least.
Now you know: The Korean War, a conflict between North and South Korea, was a major event in the early Cold War era, lasting from 1950 to 1953. The war was marked by heavy casualties, including significant civilian deaths, and ended in a stalemate with an armistice, leaving Korea divided. The war saw the first all-jet dogfights in history.