Quilts of Valor at the Horry County Museum

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Quilts of Valor at the Horry County Museum

November 5, 2022 @ 1:00 pm

The public is invited to view a special Quilts of Valor presentation at the Horry County Museum. Quilts made especially for local veterans will be presented on Saturday, November 5th at 1 PM.

The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) is to cover all service members and veterans, touched by war, with a comforting and healing quilt. In 2003, Catherine Roberts, the founder of the QOVF, had a son deployed to Iraq. She struggled with how to stay busy and keep her mind busy while he was in harm’s way. One night, she had a dream where she saw a man sitting on the side of a bed, shaking. In her dream, a quilt was placed around his shoulders and he seemed to be comforted. As a nurse and quilter, Roberts then decided she would make and send quilts to Kandahar. Each stretcher that had a wounded veteran got a red, white and blue quilt placed on their stretcher. Since 2003, the foundation, now a national organization, has awarded over 300,000 quilts to veterans.

To nominate a veteran for a Quilt of Valor, visit www.qovf.org.

This program is free and open to the public. To view a full list of programs at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Details

Date:
November 5, 2022
Time:
1:00 pm

Venue

Horry County Museum
805 Main Street
Conway, SC 29526 United States
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