In memory of Harlan Sylvester
They say he was an honorable man…
They say he was a respected man…
They say he was a kind man…
They say he was a quiet, gentle man…
Yes…he was all those things.
They say he was a man who loved his family…
His community…
His country…
Yes, he did.
They say he was a man who loved music…
Who loved his art…
Who loved working with his hands…
Yes he was.
He was also a man who took peanut butter sandwiches to work every day of his working life so that his girls could have what they needed.
He was also the champion of the disenfranchised, the disadvantaged, of anyone who needed his help.
He was also a man who served his country and never forgot those he served with.
He was the man whose art graces the heading of this blog, a picture he did in 1955 at age 16.
He was the man whose art is hanging on my walls today.
He was the man who was and still is my brother in my heart.
He was Harlan Sylvester. I celebrate and honor him today on his birthday.
Harlan playing his sax with the Thomaston Community Band for a Lobster Festival Parade and with his wife, Kay.
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