“Stars & Stripes” – Veteran’s Memorial Building

“Stars & Stripes’” is a raffle quilt won by a local quilter who was excited to win, however, she didn’t have a place to hang the 4-foot square barn quilt. Her family has a patriotic history, dating back to the Civil and Revolutionary wars, so she asked the Quilt Trail Project to find a service veteran to donate it to. In a moment of inspiration, Linda George, founding member of the project, thought to approach the vet­erans associations to see if they would like to place it on their building. A presentation was made on January 7, 2016, to a full audience of several veterans’ organizations and they decided to unanimously ac­cept the kind gesture. Fact: The original quilt design was painted with a gold star. A Veteran pointed out that it was very similar to the Vietnamese flag and it was quickly repainted with due respect. The quilt was painted by Jane Harris.

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