Originally Posted by
marcycn
A little background: I've known this guy since 1966 when he was in first grade. He came from a Navy family and when old enough he joined the Marines. He did his time and got out. I lost touch with him so I'm not sure why or how but he joined the Army a few years ago and has done tours overseas. Right now he is in Washington state and he runs between 5 and 10 miles a day with a 6 foot American Flag that weighs 5 pounds. He has quite the following on FB and is called the HWY 2 Freedom Runner.
This is what he has on his HWY 2 Freedom Runner FB page:
"Since February 2010 I have been running with Old Glory in Vancouver and Ridgefield WA and in Salt Lake UT when I was stationed there. Since then I have run over 3400 miles. Living in my new home town of Sultan WA for over a year now, I have now become known as the HWY 2 Freedom Runner. I run with the Nations Flag for Pride Duty Honor - Pride for how I feel about the country I live in, Duty to the American Armed Forces in which I serve. My oath to protect our great country and the Honor in that I am an AMERICAN! God Bless America!"
The pictures on the quilt are all of him, even the runner on the Sky Valley Sticker.
I just had to make a quilt for him. My quilting with pictures isn't all that great and I'm not sure if he can ever wash it without the ink smearing but I had to put an imprint on what he is all about. :-) It was a QAYG.
Many pictures follow:
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Marcy I can't even begin to tell you how much the quilt you made for me touched my heart. I feel extremely honored. When my wife, Christina saw it, she was in tears. I will be posting your photos on my FB page to share with everyone. Thank you soo much!!!