Originally Posted by
MargeD
I don't have the pattern, but had to congratulate you on the wonderful job you are doing for the returning troops. 400 quilts is an amazing number of quilts to make, but I'm sure that you and your group will be able to do this. As the wife of a Viet Nam veteran, I wish there had been more recognition when the soldiers came home. They just put them on a plane and they either went back to their base or were discharged. God bless you and your group for doing this.
I do think about this a lot. We have to remember we were living in different times. We can almost say a "panic state." This was the first war that was televised. We saw a lot of things we could only imagine before this. World War ll was bad, but this one was staring us in the face. There is no excuse for our citizens showing a lack of appreciation to our returning soldiers. Thank God, we have learned by this poor experience and are trying to make a turnaround. In our area, there have been many occasions on which our Vietnam vets have been honored as well as our fallen Vietnam heroes.
It's not too late to thank our vets when we have the opportunity.
This is a beautiful pattern. I like the character of the one sent in at the opening of this thread better than the one on the magazine. Love the fabric. God bless America.