One young artist from Marion, Illinois, has painted an 8,000 square-foot mural highlighting U.S. military and first responders—from Iwo Jima to Vietnam and from Operation Iraqi Freedom to 9/11.
Madeline “Maddie” Deiters, 14, a ninth-grader who has been homeschooled her whole life, began mapping her composition just days after Sept. 11, 2021. The massive mural took eight weeks to finish, crossing an expanse of wall wrapping around three sides of a large industrial building.
