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I read with interest, the “My Veteran” story in the September issue, and love that this hero has a marker and lots of history.


A huge tree in the


corner of the cemetery in North Lawrence, New York, marks my JUHDW JUHDW JUDQGIDWKHU Issac Kenville, who was born in Anacet, Canada. He came to the United States and served as (volunteer, substitute) private at Harts Island in the Civil War. He was assigned to cannon detail, building the trenches to hide (troops). When it rained, the WUHQFKHV EHFDPH PXGG\ Á\ LQIHVWHG JUDYH\DUGV where many died. As he said, he was one of the lucky ones. He only lost his hearing and got dysentery, “but I came home!” He and his family were farmers in the area, and


“HE REMEMBERS, REMEMBER HIM”


he had a son whose wife died too soon, leaving behind three young daughters. Issac took in one of the girls, my grandmother, May, and that is when he became the best hero of all. He taught grandma to be proud of her country and of who she was. He taught her to stand tall and not be afraid of anything and never, ever think she couldn’t do anything she wanted, because it was America. He told her, “I could have laid down and died,


but I loved my new country so much, I dragged myself up out of the mud and came home. If I had not, I would not have had you to be proud of.” , QHYHU NQHZ P\ JUHDW JUDQGIDWKHU ZKR GLHG


long before I was born, but I saw him through my grandma and all that she stood for—God, country and the people, and to me, that really spells hero.


Patricia Francisco Auxiliary 2257 Galesburg, Ill.


Auxiliary VFW VFW AUXILIAR Y MAGAZINE U SEPTEMBER 2016


Please extend to all the winners of the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest many good wishes and loud applause. 0HJDQ 9HWWHU ÀUVW SODFH ZLQQHU MXVW OHIW PH


speechless—talent, talent, talent. May she and all continue their path to greatness


and reward. They have learned and built a very strong foundation.


Dorothy Simmons Auxiliary 10342 Huachuca City, Ariz.


I must be reading


wrong—Page 19, November 2016 VFW Auxiliary Magazine. Creative Patriotic Art Contest:


“Other changes to the


contest: Students must be a maximum of 18 years of age at time of local entry.” Is that a goof? Should it be “no more/older than 18 years of age at time of local entry”? Just wondering.


Gwyneth DeBiase Auxiliary 2521 Santa Maria, Calif.


From the Editors: No, this is not a mistake. There are several synonymous ways to describe the new age limit, including “a maximum of 18 years of age” and “no older than 18 years of age.” We chose to describe it as “a maximum of 18 years of age.”


Thank you for the (November “My Veteran”) article.


It is perfect. My husband will be so surprised and proud!


Janice Bartholomew Auxiliary 3970 Sutherlin, Ore.


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