Fallen heroes quilt to be displayed on Oct 27

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Quilt Guild recently completed a unique banner quilt as part of a national project to honor the fallen military from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the National Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Quilt Project. The banner will be on display in the Fallbrook library community room during the Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All are invited to stop by and see it.

All banners are constructed as replicas of quilts made for Union forces during the Civil War. “It was thought that this would link the sacrifices of brave men and women in today...