Flag Day 2009It is Sunday, June 14, 2009. Here the sun is shining, the breezes are gentling blowing and each of us has a sense of peace in our hearts…if even for a moment.
Be thankful. This did not just happen. The Defenders of Freedom make it possible.
Thanks to Mr. George Balch, Col. J. Granville, Secretary Franklin Lane, President Woodrow Wilson, President Harry S. Truman and the countless men and women who are serving and have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, we are able to celebrate Flag Day.
It is recorded that, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself." I would go on to say the same would be said today by Secretary Lane of the Quilts of Valor created by the MSP Quilting Angels.
The MSP Quilting Angels of Germantown, MD, continue the QOV mission by creating heirloom quilts to be blessed and presented to wounded warriors returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tomorrow, the Quilts of Valor Foundation will honor the 3/8 Marine Battalion returning from Afghanistan at a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Three times each year, the MSP Quilting Angels have a Blessing of the Quilts in Germantown, MD. Their American made, hand crafted heirloom quilts are appropriately displayed during the Mass and a special liturgical reading is offered before the blessing.
Join the MSP Quilting Angels and the Germantown community, Saturday June 27, 2009 at 8 AM for the Blessing of the Quilts. A special blessing will be given for a warrior and his quilt. Tony a veteran of the Vietnam War and retired Montgomery County Police officer will be represented by his friends and family.
Quilt on! There is much to be done.
Oh, and be sure to look at the progress photos from yesterday HERE
Kathy
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Nice posting and link to nice pictures.
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