Nearly 50 years after a group of Athens elementary school students stitched together a quilt to celebrate America’s Bicentennial, one of those students has been reunited with the piece after a chance find at an out-of-state antique store.
Today, the quilt is on display in Athens as part of local celebrations marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The quilt was created in April 1976 by students in a second-grade class at Julian Newman Elementary School. Each student designed and stitched an individual block, signing their name alongside their artwork. One square bears the inscription “Julian Newman Elementary April 1976.”…