![An old, yellowed paper that reads as follows: Honorable Discharge from the United States Army. To all whom it may concern: This is to certify, that [redacted for privacy] the United States army, as a testimonial of honest and faithful service, is hereby honorably discharged from the military service of the United States by reason of demobilization for the convenience of the [illegible] Nov. 18, 1918. Said [redacted] was born in [redacted] in the state of Mississippi. When enlisted he was 21 and 7/12 years of age and by occupation a farmer. He had gray eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, and was 5 feet 7 and 3/4 inches in height. Given under my hand at [redacted] this 24th day of Dec., one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. [redacted]. Major Infantry, USA. Faintly visible at the bottom is a red stamp reading, "Washington, D.C." and some other illegible text.](https://piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone/posts/KM/s3/KMs30aPxf6NUKtI.PNG "An old, yellowed paper that reads as follows: Honorable Discharge from the United States Army. To all whom it may concern: This is to certify, that [redacted for privacy] the United States army, as a testimonial of honest and faithful service, is hereby honorably discharged from the military service of the United States by reason of demobilization for the convenience of the [illegible] Nov. 18, 1918. Said [redacted] was born in [redacted] in the state of Mississippi. When enlisted he was 21 and 7/12 years of age and by occupation a farmer. He had gray eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, and was 5 feet 7 and 3/4 inches in height. Given under my hand at [redacted] this 24th day of Dec., one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. [redacted]. Major Infantry, USA. Faintly visible at the bottom is a red stamp reading, \"Washington, D.C.\" and some other illegible text.")
I may have gone a little overboard with the redactions, but you can’t be too careful.
When I showed this picture to him, my dad pointed out that my great-grandfather was demobilized a week after the end of WWI.
Use all the fonts!
Comic sans wasn’t invented yet.
I mean, I joke, but it probably actually wasn’t.
It wasn’t, not by a long shot. Comic sans is a mere 31 years old.
That’s what historians in future Generations will call the beginning of the decline.
I’ve seen London, I’ve seen France, I’ve seen docs in Comic Sans.
Is there a reason for this ?
For what?
Ruddy complexion
Notice the printed date, One thousand nine hundred and ________
Clearly this is one of the things they had to update for Y2K.
I have some old checkbooks that have “19__” printed on the date area.
I still have the account, but there’s little need to use checks any more.
“Christian name first?”
That is a whole basket of assumptions about people.
In this case christian name is a synonym for given name. I bet if someone was baptised with a name that doesn’t match their legal given name it would be the wrong choice in this context.
Everyone knows that there were only Christians in America before Obama /s
OP make sure you or a family member makes a good resolution digital scan of it. Bonus if you contribute it to something like Wikitree for future generations.
you should get that dry mounted.
Bah. We were trying to buy a house older than that. And it wasn’t a fancy “heritage” house either.
