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.
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