It was like hands comming out of the sky holding crosses and dog tags etc.
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I like this idea, and I think all the names would be almost impossible to see, or write/embroidry on it. They all could be represented by the 5 different service emblems. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines. The Marines could be shown with the Eagle and Earth, etc.
I think that a dark, threatening sky in batiks would be good, with the hand holding the dangling dog tags that all military wear, and one hand cradling a cross that lights up from inside. Maybe embroidered with gold thread. And the cross with silver thread. Simple and instantly recognizable, it would be worth showing at different group meetings of any VFW that was in reach of your home. I think they would truly appreciate such an act of love.
We go to a VFW hall in Livingston, CA for blood drives, and these men and women are solidly in touch with our present AND past, lost warriors.
Thank you for doing such a marvelous thing for them.