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HANGING A PATRIOTIC QUILT TO HONOR BOSTON'S HEROES

4/23/2013

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SPIRIT OF AMERICA: LIVE FREE OR DIE by Cocheco Quilters Guild, 2002
April 19, 2013

“Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.”

                           ~ PAUL REVERE'S RIDE
                  by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere made his now famous “midnight ride” which marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War and our national independence from Great Britain.  We celebrate this day every year with a state holiday, Patriot’s Day.

This past Monday, on Patriot’s Day, I went to watch the Boston Marathon as I do every year.  My daughter was running, so I went to cheer her on and to cheer on all of the runners at this great event.  It was a beautiful day for a marathon and a beautiful day to be outside.  Unfortunately it ended tragically with death and violence.  Although everyone I know personally is safe, this act of terrorism touched me personally, just as the events of September 11, 2001 touched me and all of us.. 

Quilters have a long history of expressing their political views and emotions through quilting.  Perhaps the quilting brings some healing.  After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, hundreds of quilts were made as a response.  Last summer, during the Backstitch exhibit we had on display such a  quilt made by Rosemary Bawn.  Recently, the Cocheco Quilters Guild [based in Dover, NH] donated to the museum the quilt they made in response to 9/11.  The quilt is titled, Spirit of America, Live Free or Die   This morning, I hung this quilt in our classroom gallery.

                                                                                                                     ~ Laura Lane, Collections Manager


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Judey Clemons
4/23/2013 11:51:17 am

Thank you for sharing this story and for hanging our Spirit of America Quilt. What a beautiful collection of symbolic americana blocks. Quilters, bees, and guilds together bring comfort with their talents and truly make us an amazing caring community.

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Vicki Obenhaus
8/23/2013 07:16:42 am

Thank you so much for sharing this. My family was at the race, also - to watch my brother-in-law run. They all had to walk out of Boston. I wrote down my thoughts. I find this statement of yours quite powerful: " This morning, I hung this quilt in our classroom gallery." That sentence brought tears to my eyes.

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