FREEDOM — Family, friends and other well-wishers packed Freedom Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon for a Quilts of Valor ceremony honoring Freedom residents and Army veterans James Brown and Robert Alexander Oram.
The ceremony, a part of Freedom Old Home Week, drew around 75 attendees. It lasted about 25 minutes and was followed by refreshments.
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