From a letter written by Tamerson Carlisle Binns. She was talking about my great-grandfather, Isaac Ashley Carlisle.
My father was a loyal American & I do not think he ever for one minute felt but what it was his duty to serve it. I remember he talked with scorn about the young men who did not want to serve & bot their way free by paying someone to serve in his place. It used to be a common thing in those days. He was proud of his service for his country and as long as he was able insisted on marching to the cemetery on Memorial day & carrying the flag. He carried flowers for the many soldiers graves not only to our big cemetery but to the many outlying, small cemeteries & he also took flags along for them. As he grew older he found it better to visit the outside graves the day before. We always met with the wives & others interested in preparing the boquets & making them enough to go for each grave. Later years they gave up decorating each grave except for a flag & father was the only one who knew where they all were so he did it & later years took a Legion Vet. around to show them how and where.
4 comments:
A truly lovely post, moving, done with perfection.
Beautiful. We are so lucky that there were people who gladly served and who saw to it that others who served were remembered.
Wonderful post, Apple. How great to have the letter documenting his service, both as a soldier and then afterward. I loved it.
A wonderful tribute to your dad and the way he was devoted to his fellow servicemen.
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