08/21/2024
Here's page one of the 347 letters sent out to all the American Legion, AMVETS, VFW's. etc. Posts in the State of Indiana, to promote the "We the People Mural" at the Mad Hyena Bar & Grill in New Castle, Indiana. It reads as;
Dear Post Chaplain; July 26. 2024
If you are reading this letter, you are one of 347 veteran posts in the State of Indiana that I have written to. All of the American Legions, VFW'S, AMVETS, Combat Veterans M/A, Warriors Breed M/C. ETC. I am also a card holder of the American Legion Post 169 in Cambridge City, Indiana and the AMVETS Post 38 in Greens Forks, Indiana where I am a Chaplain of the post.
Being a Chaplain is one of those positions that no body wants to take. With it comes Great Responsibility, Patience and Compassion for his brothers and sisters of the post. Most people don't even know what the term Chaplain came from or what it means. It goes back to the fourth century, and about "Martin of Tours" in France! Martin on his way home from battle, he met a shivering beggar. He cut his cloak in two parts and gave one to the beggar. Legend says that night he had a vision of Christ wearing the part given to the one in need. His part known as a "cappa" was kept in a shrine called "Ca****la" becoming an object of Veneration. French Kings applied the term "Chappelains", which means "Keepers of the Cloak"! On July 29, 1775 the Continental Congress recognized the Chaplaincy as being part of the Army. Now in all branches of service.
With this letter I have sent you a photo of a mural I have been painting on since July of last year. It is called the "We the People Mural". On it from right to left; Business Sponsors from New Castle, Indiana and surrounding areas, the famous painting of "Washington crossing the Delaware", the U.S. Constitution of 1787 with all seven Amendments on both sides of the painting, Patriot Sponsors, Arlington Cemetery painting with 184 tombstones of Congressional Medal of Honor veterans of all races, "Thank You for Your Service" list, continued on the north wall and back patio wall. The firt " Bill of Rights" of December 15, 1791, with all ten amendments, the "Declaration of Independence" of July 4, 1776. And a painting of.........
Page two tomorrow!