Veteran takes up quilting to combat post-traumatic stress disorder

Among the many quilts at the Smoky Mountain Quilt Convention at the Expo Center, is a quilt by a Veteran who took up quilting to combat P.T.S.D. Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee created a huge quilt depicting the famous image of U.S. Marines raising the American flag in Iwo Jima. It features 12,000 one-inch squares. He started making Quilts of Valor for soldiers touched by war and has made dozens of them. The quilt show runs Aug. 2 & 3 at the Knoxville Expo Center. Aug. 1, 2019-4pm.

[@debmckasson1953]

Thank you for your service. I just subscribed. Quilting got me through the trauma of the Camp Fire of 2018. Nearly 95% of our town burned down and we lost 87 souls.

[@philholloway4424]

Awesome!!! Thank you for your service Staff Sergeant!!! God Bless America 🙏🙏🙏

[@Kristyp35]

He's a pretty amazing man! Thank you for your service and all that you do!

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