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This is so awesome to watch. This woman is amazing. It'll bring a tear to your eyes! She deserves a
medal.
https://www.militarytimes.com/hancock
Portraits of the Fallen An artist named Kaziah Hancock paints portraits of fallen
soldiers free of charge for their families as part of Project
Compassion. Video by KARE 11/ Minneapolis/ St. Paul. Kaziah Hancock: Portraits Of The Fallenby: Chris LeJeuneKaziah Hancock is a Utah artist who paints portraits of fallen American heroes. She was driving home in early 2003 and heard the story on the radio of
a fallen soldier from Utah. It was at that point she decided she would
do a portrait of every fallen soldier. Of course, at the time we had a
total of about eighty casualties. At the time it was still supposed to
be a very short war."At the time, we had only been in Iraq for a short while, and we had
lost 80 people," she said. "We were still expecting a short war."
Hancock called a friend who owns an art gallery that regularly features her work and who had several "connections." "I told her I wanted to do a portrait for the families of the
soldiers killed, and my friend said, 'Those from Utah?' I thought for
about 15 seconds," she recalled. "And I said, 'No.' Is the one from
Texas any less important to me? Or the one from New York? I told her I
wanted to do them all. I wanted to paint the portraits for free, and
ship ... all of them."
"After (painting) 33 of them, I got the idea to form a non-profit
(organization) and people could express their patriotism, donate to this
cause, and even get a tax deduction. It's mostly the average person who
has contributed to the memory of our service people."The organization she founded is called Project Compassion, Hancock said.
Chris LeJeune :: Kaziah Hancock: Portraits Of The Fallen
