December 27th, 2007
Washington at Valley Forge

My mother gave me this painting recently. It had been painted by my grandfather (my father’s father) almost 100 years ago. Otto Paul (his real name was Adolph but he never liked the name so he made everyone call him Otto) was born in the US. His parents had moved here from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in the late 1860′s. I always loved this picture and I’m glad that I can display it in my living room. It is something from the family that I will be able to pass onto Beth.









Susan wrote,
Wonderful picture, Tom! Adolph/Otto was quite talented, wasn’t he? It’s a real treasure.
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