Two Iowa women who have sons serving in the military collaborated to create a Home of the Brave Quilt honoring past, present, and future University of Iowa veterans. The quilt will be donated to the University and debuted at the UI Veterans Day Reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, one day before Veterans Day, in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) 2nd Floor Ballroom.

UI staff member Kathy Last and Peg Griffin-Wood (right) of Common Threads Quilt Shoppe in North Liberty worked together on the quilt: Last pieced the patriotic red, white, and blue pattern and Griffin-Wood did the quilting.

John Mikelson, UI Veterans Center advisor, says this year’s reception is especially significant because it marks the 90th  year since UI President Walter A. Jessup advocated for the construction of a student union on campus as a memorial for those who died in World War I.

A free screening and discussion of the film Lioness: There for the Action, Missing from History will follow the ceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. The film tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who were part of the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat. Several “Lionesses” will participate in the discussion.

For more information on Home of the Brave Quilts, see www.homeofthebravequilts.com.

For more information or to request special accommodations to attend the reception, contact the UI Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity in advance at 319-335-0705, 319-335-0697 (text), or e-mail diversity@uiowa.edu. For more information or special accommodations to attend the film screening, contact Cate Hartmann, UI Veterans Center counselor, at 319-335-3152.

Alumni are invited to both events. For more information about the UI Veterans Association, visit www.uiva.org.