What will your legacy be, and how much candy will be involved? For Gail Halvorsen, the answer is: a lot!
After World War II, Berlin remained occupied by the Allies and the Soviets cut off Berlin’s supply lines. So began a long campaign of airlifting supplies into the city. For over a year, The United States and others dropped supplies of food and fuel into the city to keep the people from starving. But as they say, “man cannot live by bread alone.” And no one understood that better than Gail Halvorsen.
His heart was moved by the desperate children of Berlin, so in addition to the other supplies that were being delivered, Gail and a few friends tied their candy rations to handkerchiefs and dropped them out of their plane. His first few drops were unauthorized, but word spread and soon Gail had loads of support. Before long, children and candymakers across the US were sending him more candy than he could keep up with. Gail became known as The Candy Bomber, a title he carried proudly until his death at 101.
Here’s to the sweetness of freedom and the will to share it!
Sweet Freedom 10" Stackers contains 42 10" squares of fabric. Some prints are duplicated. Sweet Freedom, designed by Beverly McCullough for Riley Blake Designs, has a charming Fourth-of-July-picnic feel to it with all the red, white, and blue pinwheels, flowers, stars, and more. These would be the perfect fabrics to make a sweet quilt to lounge on while you watch the fireworks! 100% cotton. Wouldn’t it be perfect in a Four Patch Picnic quilt?