9 Local Veterans Recieve Quilt Of Valor

WEST POINT- On Saturday, nine local veterans received their own personal quilt of valor during the August ceremony at sewingmachine.com. Those veterans include the following:

Issac Brown Army

James Owen Pitt Jr. Army

Barry Van Houten Army

Robert Gay USAF

Kenneth M. Riddley USMC

Willie Freeman USAF

James Davis USMC

John Winebrenner Army

Quilts of Valor is a national, not-for-profit organization founded by Catherine Roberts in 2003 and has awarded over 275,000 quilts to veterans.

The Georgia-Alabama State Line Chapter of the Quilts of Valor hosts quilt presentations the second Saturday of every month at sewingmachine.com in downtown West Point.