For those waiting on the home front during wartime, victory quilts were an important symbol of the ultimate goal — winning the war and welcoming the men and women who fought overseas back home.

VICTORVILLE • After Marine veteran Frank "Papo" Gascon, 27, was killed in a car accident in April, a local quilting group offered comfort and support to the family. Dee Brawley, with the Apple Valley ...

Working on quilts to commemorate local efforts during the Second World War has taught members of the Twilight Quilters’ Guild a great deal about the sacrifice and service of Norfolk residents. “When ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--Behind every quilt there is a story. That popular saying definitely applies to a quilt exhibit now on display at the Huntsville Museum of Art. The exhibit's 20 quilts, made by ...

At first glance, it looks like any other handmade quilt. But then the names catch your eye. It’s called an honor roll or roll call quilt. Sixty-two squares each with a name and rank of a soldier who ...

In a time of war -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Children, wives, mothers, and grandmothers of World War II -- Symbols of a country at war expressed in quiltmaking -- flags, banners, stars and our ...

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