FLAGS PLACED ALONG THE STREETS OF OAKLAND EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN OUR TOWN LOST A SOLDIER IN THE WAR. LARRY ECKHARDT, FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS, PLACED ALL THE FLAGS. HE WILL TRAVEL FAR TO HONOR ILLINOIS FALLEN SOLDIERS. OUR PAPER PRINTED A STORY ABOUT HIM AFTER JARED'S FUNERAL AND IT ALSO RAN A POEM I HAD WRITTEN. WITHIN A WEEK OF THE PAPER COMING OUT, HE CALLED ME AND ASKED IF HE COULD USE MY POEM TO GIVE TO CHILDREN WHO HAS LOST A PARENT IN THE WAR. I SAID SURE. I WAS HONORED THAT HE WOULD ASK ME.SO- HE MADE SOME PLAQUES UP TO GIVE TO THE CHILDREN. HE SENT ME ONE AND I GOT IT YESTERDAY. I THINK THEY ARE COOL. SO NOW EVERY TIME WE LOSE A SOLDIER, HE WILL DISPLAY HIS FLAGS IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN SOLDIER AND LEAVE A PLAQUE FOR EACH CHILD OF THE FALLEN SOLDIER.
HE DESIGNED THIS SO A PHOTO OF THE CHILD'S PARENT CAN BE PLACED IN BESIDE MY POEM.
THE LETTER HE ADDED IN THE PACKAGE.
need to forward this on to somewhere like the white house so you can become a famous poemist.
ReplyDeleteVery nice job I'm proud of you. Do one for any family member that way a child could have one for a brother or uncle ect. You go girl