Patriotic Photos
October 28, 2010

Melanie Thompson Smith stands at the Lost Heroes Art Quilt and points to the square commemorating her late son, U.S. Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson (see photo below), at the Indiana Capitol building in Indianapolis, Oct. 25, 2010.

The quilt honors the memory of the American men and women who have lost their lives since 9/11 in Iraq and Afghanistan.

There are 50 squares on the quilt, each with a fallen hero, one from each state. Smith's son, killed in action in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2004, represents Indiana.

U.S. Army photos by Spc. John Crosby