Fallen Heroes Project – Just For The Love Of It!
War….started by few and fought by many. If there is anything good to come from war, it’s the reaffirmation in the goodness of mankind. That may sound like some kind of crazy contradiction, but from beneath the smoldering rubble of broken hearts drowning in the tears of lost loved ones, there are some who are compelled to rise up and honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. I want to tell you about one such person, portrait artist Michael G. Reagan founder of FallenHeroesProject.org.
A project Michael has called “the most important thing I’ve ever done in my life. This project reached into my chest and touched a part of my heart that I really didn’t think existed”.
Michael G. Reagan is a world renowned portrait artist from Edmonds, Washington. He has created over 11,0000 portraits, more than 1500 for celebrities, professional athletes, US Presidents and other Heads of State. But more importantly, he has created over 1700 portraits of US Soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Click HERE to view some portraits)
Michael has committed to drawing the portrait of every US Soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is his gift to the families and is given free of charge. Michael draws two portraits per day. Learning and caring about each soldier as he does so. He truly believes the soldier is with him. Helping him to get it just right. At the current number of 4284 Fallen Heroes and if not one more Soldier dies, and at the rate of two portraits per day and subtracting the 1700 already completed, Michael will have to draw every day for next 3 1/2 years.
If you ever wondered if one person can make a difference, just asked the thousands of family members of Fallen Soldiers who have received the selfless gift of love from Michael. Before I get to the video links, I would like to implore you to donate any amount to the project to pay for shipping and art supplies. Please give for Mother’s Day so that every Gold Star Mom may receive this gift. Click HERE to donate. A little corporate Karma might be in order here.
This first video clip is from a February 2007 Seattle Rotary Meeting. It is 25 unedited compelling minutes of Michael talking about his experience with the Fallen Heroes Project. Click HERE to watch and change your life forever. (get a tissue)
Click HERE to watch an amazingly powerful 3 minute MSNBC clip from September 2006.
If you have a portrait of your Fallen Hero from Michael that you would like to share, please send a photo and I will share it with my readers. If you can, tell us how it has impacted your life.
If you have a Fallen Hero and want to request a portrait click HERE.
I have been trying to write this post about Michael for quite some time. But sometimes I get “stuck” in the fighting and the anger that is DoD corporate fraud affecting our troops and civilians in the Middle East. You can’t write about Michael G. Reagan while you are stuck in “anger”. Thanks Michael for helping me get “unstuck” if only for a moment.
Ms Sparky
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 at 8:19 pm |
Michael G. Reagan, Artist/President of the “Fallen Heroes Project” would like to encourage the family members of those who died tragically at Ft. Hood on Nov 5, 2009 to contact him for a free hand drawn portrait of their “Fallen Hero”. Michael has currently drawn over 1900 portraits of fallen heroes free of charge to loved ones.
You can read more about Micheal and the “Fallen Heroes Project” at the link in this post.