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Golden Plains Quilts of Valor - March 2026
Leon Everhart
United States Army veteran, SSG Leon Everhart Jr,, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on March 21, 2026 at the American Legion Post 180 in Great Bend. Everhart served from 1997 to 2007. The quilt top was made by Mary Ann June; quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor. Pictured, from left: Bob Jarmer, Mary Ann June, Leon Everhart Jr., Amy Schartz Mellor and Chris Krueger.
Justin Piland
United States Army veteran, SSG Justin Piland, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on March 21, 2026, at the American Legion Post 180 in Great Bend. Piland served from 1997 to 2017. The quilt top was made by Margaret Evers; quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor. Pictured, from left: Poncho Hitschmann, Margaret Evers, Justin Piland,Amy Schartz Mellor and Bob Jarmer.

Golden Plains Quilts of Valor presented two quilts to local veterans on March 21, 2026.


United States Army veteran, SSG Leon Everhart Jr,, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on March 21, 2026 at the American Legion Post 180 in Great Bend. Everhart served from 1997 to 2007. The quilt top was made by Mary Ann June; quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor.


United States Army veteran, SSG Justin Piland, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on March 21, 2026, at the American Legion Post 180 in Great Bend. Piland served from 1997 to 2017. The quilt top was made by Margaret Evers; quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor.