Ernest McKeighan letter to Wife - April 15, 1918
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France April 15 - 1918 Dearest Sweetheart That seems to me the only term that I can call you, my beautiful wife, that expresses my feelings to you on this your birthday, which you may be sure I have not forgotten, and within you will find my gift a wild French rose, which I walked and walked until I found and which under the circumstances is all I can enclose. A Rose to a Rose This will be only a temporary present as it is my entention to purchase some of the beautiful French lace and bring home with me when I come. I am kissing this little flower as I know you will do that very same thing and you can
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[page 2] place it close to you dear old heart, where it can whisper of my love for you. This is rather a sentimental letter but I am lonesome for you and just want to pour out a heart full of love to you. This letter is for you only. All your very own. Your picture is at my elbow and even our dear little girls is not in sight. This, I feel is your day alone. Though I should not make her feel badly by reading this part to her. All the rest of my letters are for she and you together but this is yours. You know, sweet, there is just one love for a wife and that is all I have room for
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[page 3] tonight. Am thinking back a good many years tonight remembering the many sweet moments and hours of our courting days and happy married years and just praying that I can be spared entact and well to finish life with you and die at an old age at the same moment that you do. You cannot realize how fortunate the women of America are in the small proportion of her men who are at the front. Here, whole villages have every able bodief man gone, some dead, some prisoners and some still fighting. It is just a nation in arms, the bravest, truest, and kindlest people that one
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[page 4] could possibly imagine, and their motto is
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Wife - April 15, 1918 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Wife. 15 April 1918. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Ernest McKeighan sent this letter to his wife from France on her birthday. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; Love-letters |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Date Original | April 15, 1918 |
| Language | English |