On Friday, Feb. 8, VFW Department of Washington line officers presented a $25,000 check on behalf of the VFW Foundation to internationally-recognized artist Michael Reagan, who has drawn the portraits of over 3,200 service members who have died serving in Iraq and Afghanistan: L-R: Fred Green, VFW Department of Washington Junior Vice Commander; Ted Streete, VFW Department of Washington Senior Vice Commander; Krist Huseby, VFW Department of Washington Commander; Michael Reagan.
The above was on the homepage of the National VFW website. For all of you who attended the meeting (and we did have a crowd), it was a nice ceremony with Mike receiving a $25,000 (the first of three annual grants) and Mike presenting Department Commander Krist a portrait that has become his trademark, an eagle with the body of an American flag (you can see an image over Mike’s left shoulder). Also attending the meeting was Dave Earling, Edmonds Mayor, and Sally Hintz, the NW director of Senator Marie Cantwell’s office who read a nice letter from the Senator congratulating Mike on the honor. Ms. Hintz also commented that a poster of Mike’s fallen heroes is displayed in her Washington DC office and she rotates the posters monthly so all the fallen heroes can be recognized. Next time we have to get our Post 8870 on the wall behind them.