Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor honors 10 veterans at Princeton ceremony

Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor honors 10 veterans at Princeton ceremony

Ten veterans were honored during a Quilts of Valor ceremony on Saturday at the Moose Lodge in Princeton. The quilts each take 100 hours to make. In 2003, quilter Catherine Roberts started the movement that became Quilts of Valor when her son was deployed in Iraq. Since that time, more than 401,361 have been awarded. The local group Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor awarded 189 quilts in 2024 and has given more than 1,000 quilts since its start in …

Clearwater County veterans honored with Quilts of Valor

Clearwater County veterans Carolyn Sundbom, Caren Smith and Jane Mersey Merschman received Quilts of Valor at a recent meeting of the Bagley American Legion Irvin Blix Post 16. Gladys Lueken of the Headwaters Quilt Guild started the meeting by presenting Quilts of Valor. The mission of Quilts of Valor is to give all active and veteran military members a quilt to show gratitude from our grateful nation for their service, whether during peacetime …