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Veteran Made Burial Flag Cases

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On January 20, 2015, I made a discovery that troubled me greatly.  I believe it is one of the greatest injustices for a Veteran I had ever witnessed.  Myself and a few friends were paying our respects at a Veterans funeral in KY for a homeless Veteran who we had never even met. After the ceremony I walked into the office and discovered that over 15 American Veteran's Burial Flags were being stored in burial flag cases Made in China !!
Our story starts when I decided to honor my father, a Marine, and start helping veterans in any way I could to honor his service. That passion led me to almost 8 years of volunteering, spending countless hours and dollars supporting veteran causes. Eventually we started raising a few dollars here and there and hiring disabled veterans to hand make products that were sent to our troops all over the world.  Well, on January 20, 2015 I immediately decided to do everything possible to hire veterans to hand make Burial Flag Cases for our veterans cemeteries.  In February of 2015, Operation Honor, a 501(c)3 Public Charity formed and we were on our way.  We now have everything set up to start building hand-made Flag cases and our first order for Burial Flag Cases was from Arlington National Cemetery.  We will be delivering Veteran-Made cases to Arlington on Veterans Day, November 11,  2016.  The response and support have been overwhelming and we are now in need a warehouse to hire additional veterans to build flag cases.  Our mission is clear, Enhance the lives of Veterans...One Mind at a Time. Please consider giving a little to help us touch the lives of so many veterans and help ensure that NO VETERAN'S BURIAL FLAG is ever placed in a case Made in China ever again!
On behalf of the hundreds of veterans lives we have touched so far and the thousands we will help heal in the future, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
God Bless you and God Bless our Veterans.
Joe

Organizer

Joe Montgomery
Organizer
Independence, KY
Patriots Landing
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