1918 antique WWI MOTHER’S DAY west medway ma WINANT SOLDIER LETTER ymca booklet
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Original World War I “Mother’s Day 1918” booklet issued by the American YMCA for distribution to soldiers overseas. The cover illustration shows a uniformed soldier kneeling beside his mother, above a printed dedication for Mother’s Day 1918.

Approx. 5.25" × 8.25", 8 pages, folded paper booklet with wear and splitting at folds, faint creases, and brown stains near upper corners as shown. Printed on wartime paper stock.

Interior pages include sentimental selections honoring motherhood, such as Rudyard Kipling’s “Mother o’ Mine,” Henry van Dyke’s “A Prayer for Mother’s Birthday,” Jessie Pope’s “Socks,” Griffin’s “To My Son,” and Will S. Allyn’s “The Man My Mother Thinks I Am.”

Front is inscribed and dated May 12, 1918, to “Mrs. Alvin C. Winant, West Medway, Mass.” with a personal message reading:

“I thought you might like to look this over and see that we don’t forget, even if we can’t be home there — love to all — ‘Allie.’”

Printed in France by Devambez, Paris, with the American YMCA red-triangle emblem on the back cover. Also includes a touching printed “Letter from Mother” written in cursive script, offering comfort and moral encouragement to soldiers abroad.

A poignant WWI keepsake that merges poetry, devotion, and the home-front bond between mother and son — directly tied to the WINANT family of West Medway, Massachusetts.

Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.  Vintage or Antique.


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