Yesterday, we watched the Nevada, Iowa Memorial Parade. It was very nice, with two school bands playing patriotic music, veterans, flags, cars with dignitaries in them...took about 15 minutes to go by Dick's, then turned the corner and headed for the cemetery. Dick was flying both the American flag, and the British Union Jack, for those fallen veteran relatives from overseas. He was asked about it several times. I loved it!

We are still looking for the Civil War letters of James B Williams, but haven't been able to find them yet. Dick told me this morning, that we haven't looked at all the places yet...that is an understatement. He was looking at stuff in his bedroom yesterday, and I heard him exclaim "What the hell are these?" He brought them in to me, reading as he walked. They were legal papers and deeds re: Great Grandmother Hawley's'land/farm... with Alex's (our grandfather Hawley), signature on them, as well as Sam Hawley's signature and his wife's on them also. Sam was Alex's brother. They were dated back from 1899-1902. Dick said he had no idea where they came from or why they were in his bedroom. He is a hoot!

Dick had several oils and other pictures of family sent to him from Elko, Nevada, when our cousin Edie, was getting rid of a lot of things from her mother's house. Aunt Rosie had married my dad's brother, Charlie. Among the pictures were two of Major William Williams, one of one of the young Duncombe boys, and Major William's children. Edie had called him and told him he could have them, but they had to be gone before the auction. He had about five days or less, but managed to find a very cooperative UPS employee, who packed them properly and got them sent. Edie asked Dick who R.P. Atwell was. He said, dryly, "Your grandfather."

It is a beautiful day out today. John brought me over his copies of William Hawley's Civil War letters, and I am going to go up to the Nevada Library and see if I can more clearly read the parts of his letters from 1862 which were almost completely illegible on my copies. He has the copies that were found in Dick's house, most probably the ones that mother copied from the originals. Sure wish we could find the originals.

I am off to get papers and such together, as well as myself, and try and find the library. I saw it yesterday, so have a pretty good idea where it is.

More later,
Love,
Sally