{"id":1060444,"date":"2021-11-27T20:13:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060444"},"modified":"2021-11-27T20:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:13:42","slug":"photos-14-year-old-illinois-girl-paints-mural-honoring-marines-and-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-14-year-old-illinois-girl-paints-mural-honoring-marines-and-first-responders\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: 14-Year-Old Illinois Girl Paints Mural Honoring Marines and First Responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-14-year-old-illinois-girl-paints-mural-honoring-marines-and-first-responders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/marines-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A 14-year-old girl painted a mural spanning several walls in Marion, Illinois, that pays homage to Marines and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the mural <a href=\"https:\/\/thesouthern.com\/news\/local\/watch-now-new-mural-in-marion-honors-military-heroes-police-firefighters-and-first-responders\/article_d6520574-13fa-5114-9de4-7af0dae6f4ae.html\">began<\/a> earlier this year when Chief Tim Barnett of the Marion Fire Department approached attorney Ronald Osman and his son Blane about putting a design on a building across the road from the fire station, the Southern Illinoisan reports. He suggested a tribute to firefighters, especially those who lost their lives during the September 11 terrorist attacks, would be appropriate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/pcb.721011749292285\/721011689292291\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"7.741935483871\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011689292291\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"1.6935483870968\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/120330916027041\">WFCN News \u2013 Illinois<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011689292291\/?type=3\">Tuesday, November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Osman served as a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam era and wanted to honor servicemembers he knew that gave their lives during the war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cI did not go to Vietnam, but I had a lot of friends (who) did and people that I served with did,\u201d Osman told the Southern Illinoisian. \u201cTwo in particular, one that was killed in Vietnam and the other is still (missing in action)&nbsp;in Vietnam. They\u2019re fine young men and they deserve to be remembered.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/pcb.685698289490298\/685698112823649\/\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"7.3846153846154\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/685698112823649\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"1.6153846153846\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/120330916027041\">WFCN News \u2013 Illinois<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/685698112823649\/?type=3\">Saturday, September 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ideas to tribute first responders and fallen Vietnam Marines melded together. Osman collaborated with 14-year-old Maddie&nbsp;<span>Deiters, who was tasked with painting the mural. Deiters hails from a long line of service members, according to the Southern Illinoisian.&nbsp;<\/span><span>After a roughly seven-week effort,&nbsp;<\/span><span>she and her family fashioned a mural that spanned several building walls and honored Marines, firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel. An American eagle ties the first responder wall to the Marine wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011722625621\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"7.741935483871\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011722625621\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"1.6935483870968\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/120330916027041\">WFCN News \u2013 Illinois<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011722625621\/?type=3\">Tuesday, November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt means a lot to me personally,\u201d Deiters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/2021\/11\/22\/14-year-old-artist-creates-military-first-responder-mural\/\">told<\/a> KFVS12. \u201cVeterans have been through my family and generations, but I was very honored to paint this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Osman has plans to expand the mural in the coming year to include other branches of the U.S. Military.<\/span><span>&nbsp;In September WFCN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/posts\/685698289490298\">reported<\/a> plans for the mural to span all four sides of the building.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFirst responders, whether you\u2019re a fireman, a paramedic, police officer, Army,&nbsp; Marine Corps, or the Navy, every day that they go to work on that job, there\u2019s a real potential for harm. They all do it willingly,\u201d Osman told the Southern Illinoisian.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011649292295\/?type=3\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"7.741935483871\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011649292295\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"1.6935483870968\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/120330916027041\">WFCN News \u2013 Illinois<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WFCN.IL\/photos\/a.120431256017007\/721011649292295\/?type=3\">Tuesday, November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really important to support those who risked their lives for us\u2026&nbsp;<span>I would gladly spend eight weeks of my life painting this for them because they risked their life for ours,\u201d Deiters explained.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 14-year-old girl painted a mural spanning several walls in Marion, Illinois, that pays homage to Marines and first responders. 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