๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญโ€”๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐  ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด 14 ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜๐˜ž ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ

by Louis Hoglund
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Ed Fjestad, wrapped in red, white, and blueโ€”courtesy of Quilts of Valor.


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