Yesterday, for Veteran's Day, I was able to attend 2 events to award Quilts of Valor. I can't say often enough what an honor it is to be able to do this small thing for veterans.
The first event was a Veteran's Day program at a local small school. Two of us went and one veteran was honored with a quilt in front of a very large crowd. That school always has school on Nov. 11, and always has a program to honor our military. The students are involved in program whether it was providing music or speaking, and the community is invited to attend. Every student went through the line of veterans at the end, and shook the hand of every veteran.
Then 4 of us went to the annual community Veteran's Day luncheon put on by all of the local veteran groups. They've invited us to be a part of their event for several years now, and they provide nominees to receive the quilts. Three veterans were happy to be wrapped in their Quilts of Valor. There were several hundred people at that luncheon, served by boy scouts in uniform and 4-H kids.
Hopefully I won't have to wait too long to get pictures from the other school event that I wasn't able to attend. And we have more QOV awards this weekend.
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