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Vet Makes Boxes and Builds Bridges to Families in Grief
WALL STREET JOURNAL ^
| April 8, 2003
| ROBERT TOMSHO
Posted on 04/08/2003 4:43:28 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:48:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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CAMERON, W.Va. -- Machinist Paul Stern thought his military-memorial project would be a simple matter of making boxes.
The ones he builds are meant to display the folded American flags traditionally given to families following a military funeral. Working in his garage workshop, the 41-year-old Air Force veteran spends about five hours on each of the sleek triangular cases, which have glass fronts and narrow sides made of varnished oak and are just large enough to snugly fit a folded flag. He built his first in 1997 after the funeral of his father, Donald, a truck driver who served during World War II and Korea.
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posted on
04/08/2003 4:43:28 AM PDT
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SJackson
To: MJY1288; lawgirl; mtngrl@vrwc; Miss Marple; kayak; SevenofNine; Wphile; azGOPgal; hoosierpearl; ...
Ping.
To: SJackson
*sniffles*
Wow. Just. . .wow.
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posted on
04/08/2003 4:56:21 AM PDT
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twinzmommy
(no, I really *don't* have that on my mind tonite)
To: patriciaruth
bump
To: mhking
can you ping your list. more people need to hear about this gentleman
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posted on
04/08/2003 5:42:30 AM PDT
by
ctlpdad
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Black conservative pingIf you want on (or off) of my black conservative ping list, please let me know via FREEPmail. (And no, you don't have to be black to be on the list!)
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posted on
04/08/2003 5:48:24 AM PDT
by
mhking
(Join Abdul Vila and Norm Habib, along with the new guy, Sahib Thomas, on the next "This Old Mosque")
To: mhking
Thanks for the ping, my husband is from West Virginia and will appreciate this article I'm sure.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:37:36 AM PDT
by
visualops
(Let's go freeple! Get on the monthly!)
To: mhking
BUMP!!!
To: mhking
One of the good guys ping.
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posted on
04/08/2003 11:26:37 AM PDT
by
mafree
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