Home of the Brave Quilt Project is a grass roots
movement
to honor America's war dead.
In gratitude for their service
and sacrifice, we are making quilts
to be presented to the next of kin
of Minnesota servicepersons who died
as a result of injuries received
while on active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The project was initiated in 2005 by Don Beld,
a quilt maker
and historian from Los Angeles, California,
and many states
have now formed chapters.
Contact a coordinator to find out how
you can help in your state.
Or click on Contact Us on the menu above
for the Minnesota chapter.
Help is always welcome.
Don Beld wrote a magazine article
entitled,
"Commemorating in Cloth: Americans Stitch Their Support
throughout History,"
for the Spring 2002 issue of American Quilter
which explains the history of Sanitary Commission Quilts.
A copy of
this article is given with every quilt.
A stamped label which says,
"U.S. Sanitary Commission Reproduction"
is also attached to the quilt.
The quilt is modeled on a Civil War Sanitary Commission
Quilt,
one of the five remaining quilts of its kind still in
existence,
which is now held by the
Lincoln Shrine
at the A.
K. Smiley Library in Redlands, California.
Donations of Civil War reproduction fabric, batting,
and monetary contributions
to offset postage and other necessary
operations of the program,
and most of all, your time, are welcomed.
Guilds wishing to honor a local hero are especially welcomed.