PEACE IN EVERY STEP, THOUGHT & ACTION

"During WWII, American were urged to 'keep the home fires burning' for the day when the men and women of the U.S. military would be coming back to their families after securing victory abroad. That firm and hopeful resolve came to mind after the horrific events of September 11, 2001, when the whole nation was awakened to an insidious new threat to our freedom and way of life. Promptly and spontaneously, as in other towns and cities across the country, the American flag proudly showed itself throughout our own rural village of 1,700 people. The Stars and Stripes was seen flying from poles, draped upon barn doors, hanging in living-room windows, and unfurled on the radio antennae of pickup trucks and SUV's. A huge handpainted sign on the porch of our one-of-a-kind Main Street hardware store said, simply:
PEACE IN EVERY STEP, THOUGHT & ACTION"

-Excerpt from the "from the editor" entry to County Living Magazine editor Carol Sheehan.