Lost Hand Made WWII Honor Roll Banners Returned to Cedar Springs

One of two handmade banners with names of Edmonson Co's WWII soldiers recently returned to Cedar Springs United Baptist Church.

Darren Doyle, story:
A pair of historic World War II banners that have been missing since 1966 have now made their way back to Cedar Springs United Baptist Church on KY HWY 259 thanks to a Facebook post.

According to local VFW Chapter 6937, the silk banners contained hand-threaded names of all county soldiers that were serving in WWII, which hung inside the church. They were apparently removed to a church member's home in 1966 during a major rebuild of the church. They were not immediately returned to the church and were unfortunately forgotten about. 

One of two handmade banners with names of Edmonson Co's WWII soldiers recently returned to Cedar Springs United Baptist Church.

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The church member later passed away and the significance of the banners were not immediately known. They were sold at an estate sale to a buyer that also did not know their historical or sentimental meaning.

Recently, church local VFW member B.J. Honeycutt  responded to a Facebook Marketplace ad which described the lost banners where he immediately purchased the items, had them professionally cleaned and restored, and offered them back to the church, the VFW stated.

"Last week, B.J. helped install the banners back onto the sanctuary wall, a reminder of a time when a church community and a nation was praying fervently for their young people serving overseas in a titanic conflict," the VFW said in a statement. "B.J. is an overseas combat veteran of the Gulf War and his son Hunter recently returned from the Middle East.  B.J. and Hunter are both members of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars, our nation’s largest organization of combat veterans."