by KYW's Karin Phillips
A new exhibit has opened at the National Constitution Center that honors in a unique way soliders who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 82 heroes that are depicted on the "Lost Heroes" quilt in the lobby of the Constitution Center are shown as young kids, either dressed in fatigues or in some kind of uniform while they were children.
Julie Feingold is the creator of the quilt:
"I felt that if I depicted them as children that it would be more impactful for the viewer. And also, seeing them as children you realize that they were somebody's son or somebody's daughter."
Robert Dembowski of Ivyland, Pa. (right) wanted to be in the military since he was a boy, according to his mother, Fran:
"Some of the Iraqi people asked, 'Where's Bobby, where's Bobby?,' because they didn't know. And when they told them that he died, they cried. The children cried and the grownups cried, because my son was kind of a character. So I guess he had made himself known. But it meant something to me that these people, who he was there to help, missed him."
The Lost Heroes Quilt will be at the National Constitution Center through November 12th.
(Photos by KYW's Karin Phillips)
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