Four Crowns
by Susan McMenamin
Title
Four Crowns
Artist
Susan McMenamin
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Four Crowns. Shawano Country hails itself as Wisconsin�s barn quilt capital. The barn quilt project was started in 2010. Shawano County Barn Quilt Project now boast over 300 barn quilts throughout the county on well-preserved barns. The designs are created by local artist, and then placed on a host farm. Barn quilts are an eight by eight foot piece of plywood. No two barn quilts are designed the same. All designs have been given a name. The name of the barn quilt pictured here is Four Crowns. The airplane in the middle represents the 30 years Ken spent flying with American Airlines. Ken grew up on a small dairy farm just west of Clintonville. But after graduating from college, he decided to join the Marines in the aviation program. He served as a pilot on active duty for the Marines for 12 years, serving in Viet Nam. After that, he was a pilot for American Airlines, retiring in 2000.
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August 14th, 2015
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