THE OFFICIAL PLEASANT GROVE HERITAGE SOCIETY https://facebook/groups/142479092590974/ Ceramic photographic found on a tombstone in a rural black cemetery near Giddings, Texas. The cemetery is out-of-the-way and far removed. The inscription on the tombstone reads: Pvt. Clinton Francis Born March 29, 1893 In Lee County Died Nov. 24, 1918 In New York City He professed religion and was baptized in 1903. At first I thought that Private Francis must have died from wounds he received during World War I, but later I learned that he died in New York after contracting the Spanish Flu while aboard a ship that was bringing him back from France. But look at him looking back at us though the generations! See how proud he is in his uniform and his gloves and his boots. A handsome young man, indeed. So now to be remembered this day, the day that celebrates the sacrifices that he and so many others made so that we might live in freedom. Anybody who knew Private Francis is long gone and he is now just a forgotten man in a remote cemetery, a wisp of smoke through a keyhole, dust blowing around a corner. But we have not forgotten you, Private Francis. Every Veterans day, we remember. And I raise my glass to you and to the uncountable others and offer only the hope that we not let our memories of you die. May your spirit forever roam these sunlit prairies. photo by J.D.Arznieks
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:40:52 +0000
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