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Veterans receive red, white, blue quilts from local group
Quilts of Valor present service members with symbol of appreciation during church service
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Walter Maxwell Smith, who served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1970 in addition to serving in Vietnam, receives a quilt from the women of the Quilts of Valor. The presentation occurred during a ceremony Sunday at Central Baptist Church in Gainesville. - photo by JOSHUA L. JONES
As people poured through the doors of Central Baptist Church on Sunday for the 11 a.m. service, it was hard not to notice the two empty rows in front. Each end was decorated with bright red, white and blue ribbons. As the service was set to begin, a group of silver-haired gentlemen walked in.