Washington DC Artist Creates and Donates 5 Pieces of Art to Help Post 9/11 Wounded Vets

The Home Sweet Home Campaign is proud to introduce five new designs to their exclusive collectionof tees. 

In recognition of the men andwomen who have made the ultimate sacrifice of themselves to ensure theliberties of America, Cyn Ibanez, a Washington DC artist and Corpus Christian,has created  and donated these images tothe Home Sweet Home Campaign.  Each imagewas created as an oil painting to represent the five branches of the military -Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.  

         

         

Ms. Ibanez’s work was inspired by the tireless efforts of Dr. Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum and her father-in-law Gilbert Casares.  Mr. Casare, a founding member of the GI Forumand lifelong friend of Dr. Garcia, helped post World War II veterans whosuffered from disillusionment and depression (known today as Post TraumaticStress Disorder-PTSD) receive the adequate healthcare services they needed.

Posted by blog.oursoldiers.org at 12/8/2009 9:15 PM
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Tags: Dr. Hector Garcia home sweet home campaign Cyn Ibanez $1 million pledge TBI military usa cares beth ann vanhoose PTSD veterans
 

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