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Quilts of Valor honors nine local veterans at Verona Senior Center ceremony
Summary
Volunteers from the Quilts of Valor program presented 11 quilts (9 veterans in person) at the Verona Senior Center on Veterans Day; the ceremony included readings of service biographies for recipients and remarks about the program’s national reach.
Volunteers from the Quilts of Valor program presented quilts to veterans at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Verona Senior Center, honoring service, sacrifice and community contributions.
A program representative explained the group's origin with founder Catherine Roberts and described the quilts as a civilian equivalent of a Purple Heart. The presenter said Quilts of Valor now includes over 11,000 volunteer quilters and that more than 437,000 quilts have been awarded across the United…
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