Sgt. Damon is a reminder of what Veterans Day is all about
Press release from JK's office today:
Iraq Veteran from Brockton Displays His Inspiring Artwork with Senator Kerry in Washington, D.C.
Kerry: “Sgt. Damon is a reminder of what Veterans Day is all about”
**Picture available upon request***
Washington, DC – Senator John Kerry today viewed Iraqi War Veteran Peter Damon’s artwork which is on display in our nation’s capitol. Kerry invited Damon to display his artwork in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington all week.
Damon, a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, lost both of his hands in Iraq in 2003.
“Sergeant Damon’s work is amazing. It’s well beyond inspirational to think that after losing both of his hands in Iraq, Peter didn’t give up and he pushed himself through rehabilitation and today produces these incredible paintings. For anyone who has ever been discouraged or demoralized by life’s ups and downs, Peter is a living, breathing lesson about finding goodness and beauty in the face of loss. I’m happy to have played some small role in bringing him to Washington so that he can share his artwork with the Senate. Peter and thousands of veterans like him in the Wounded Warrior Project embody the strength of the human spirit, and they are reminders to all of us about what this Veterans Day is all about,” said Senator Kerry.
Damon and his wife opened an art gallery in Middleborough last year, where his work is on display all year long.
Because I'm, well, me, and was intensely curious about this exhibit, I requested the proffered pictures. The ever-helpful and very speedy Brigid O'Rourke in JK's office just sent these over, you can check out JK checking out some art:
Sorry if that's too many - I thought they were all just amazing. Enjoy and Kerry On!
(Updated to include links to The Middleborough Art Gallery.
7 Comments:-
At 2:05 PM, Kerryvisionary said...
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At 2:22 PM, democrafty said...
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At 3:01 PM, beachmom said...
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At 9:51 PM, fedup said...
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All that, and Max, too!
That was my exact reaction!
"Sorry if that's too many." There could never ever be "too many" photos of Senator Kerry. :-) Thank you for posting these, and I agree, seeing Max is a incredible bonus!
Too many pictures? Never!
Oh, thank you, Democrafty — I'm glad you requested the pics, as they are wonderful. I'm so glad to see Max Cleland there, too, in far better company than the Regent debate I saw with him pitted against Karl Rove and Jeb Bush. Those are very moving photos.
These are fantastic! The human warmth just leaps off the screen. The people in these photos represent humanity at its best. Thanks so much for these!!
(BTW, the TRUTH of Kerry's deep, deep caring for all these people also just leaps off the screen. How can anyone possibly think for even a minute that this man is "aloof"? Can you imagine many of the current presidential wanna-bes in this same scene? I can't. . This is a Kerry moment, if there ever was one). Wonderful, wonderful story
Thanks so much for this post and the amazing pics. These are pics that need to be seen and the story behind them need to be out in the MSM, so much is not known (as we know) of what the good Senator cares so much about.
PS: to Beachmom, yes it is great to see Max there and in that setting compared to where we saw him. I so wish we could of spoken to him, now I wish I shouted out to him afterwords when he was still on stage "We love you Max". *sigh*
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