July 12, 1947

Pretty & warm.

Nannie & Lina’s daughter here. They took Lillie home.

Walter Stocker’s mother and brother here.

Original handwritten version of the diary entry for No. 5184, for today's month and day.
Orangemen’s Day celebrates the victory of protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II. It’s also the day they finally got Lillie to leave.

About my little diary project

The goal is to post entries from the diaries and journals of my ancestors, willing friends and family, myself, and found public sources like a diary my godmother discovered in a Kentucky resale shop. I want to organize them by writer, date, and where possible, geographic location. The reason: I want to honor and create a shared, minimally curated source of daily accounts of life from ordinary people. If you’d like to participate, contact me for guidelines.

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