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Assignment for TIME magazine documenting the Boots and Booties military baby shower and recent declaration by Fayetteville, NC, as America's first "sanctuary city" for military personal stationed at Fort Bragg or Pope Air Force Base.
  • A sign declaring Fayetteville, NC, a sanctuary for soldiers is posted outside of the city limits, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. .

  • Volunteers in the Army?s Army, from left, Teri Rust, Lydia Short and Rorie Short write personalized thank you cards for veterans in the V.A. Hospital system that will be delivered over the Thanksgiving holiday. The event at Horne's Deli, 124 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC, was organized by the Army?s Army, a volunteer organization created by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to help soldiers and their families, ?feel welcome, appreciated and safe.? .

  • A volunteer in the Army?s Army writes a thank you message for a veteran in the V.A. Hospital system along with other volunteers at Horne's Deli, 124 Hay Street, in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008..


  • A volunteer in the Army?s Army writes a thank you message for veterans at the local V.A. Hospital along with other volunteers at Horne's Deli, 124 Hay Street, in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. The Army?s Army is a volunteer organization created by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to help soldiers and their families, ?feel welcome, appreciated and safe.? .

  • Army Veteran and mother Carlene Knuth shuffles personalized thank you cards written for veterans in the local V.A. Hospital system that will be delivered over the Thanksgiving holiday during an event organized by the Army?s Army at Horne's Deli, 124 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Knuth was deployed in Afghanistan in 2003 when she met her husband, Jeffrey, and now lives on the base of Fort Bragg while he completes training at the Army?s recruiting school. .

  • Jillian Gee wanders through an exhibit depicting United States Army soldiers fighting on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, inside the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Gee?s father, Ken, is on active duty with the 82nd Airborne and has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for three tours. .

  • Expecting mothers Stefanie Brown, left, and Millie Ferris, put their bid in on a door prize raffle for a baby stroller during the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • Three expecting mothers, from left, Mandy Blumer, Sarah Young and Ashley Hubbard all live on the base of Fort Bragg and were invited to attend the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families. .

  • Three expecting mothers, from left, Mandy Blumer, Sarah Young and Ashley Hubbard all live on the base of Fort Bragg and were invited to attend the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families. .

  • Three expecting mothers, from left, Mandy Blumer, Sarah Young and Ashley Hubbard all live on the base of Fort Bragg and were invited to attend the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families. .

  • Three expecting mothers, from left, Mandy Blumer, Sarah Young and Ashley Hubbard all live on the base of Fort Bragg and were invited to attend the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families. .

  • Three expecting mothers, from left, Mandy Blumer, Sarah Young and Ashley Hubbard all live on the base of Fort Bragg and were invited to attend the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families. .

  • Pope Air Force Base resident and expecting mother Melissa Berry looks over infant health information during the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • Army First Lieutenant Virginia Warlick, in turquoise, waits to grab a free a packet of lip gloss along with other expecting women during the ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world, at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. Around 1,000 women married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • Army First Sergeant Darryl Harris, of the 82nd Airborne, keeps guard of a toy chest won by an expecting mother outside of the Crown Exposition Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008, following the first ever ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world. Around 1,000 pregnant women or new mothers married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • Army First Sergeant Darryl Harris, of the 82nd Airborne, keeps guard of a toy chest won by an expecting mother outside of the Crown Exposition Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008, following the first ever ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world. Around 1,000 pregnant women or new mothers married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • Army First Sergeant Darryl Harris, of the 82nd Airborne, keeps guard of a toy chest won by an expecting mother outside of the Crown Exposition Center in Fayetteville, NC, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008, following the first ever ?Boots And Booties? military baby shower, the largest in the world. Around 1,000 pregnant women or new mothers married to a member of or currently enlisted in the armed services were invited to attend the event organized by the Fayetteville and Cumberland County Area Convention and Visitors Bureau who recently declared the area a sanctuary for military families..

  • A sign declaring Fayetteville, NC, a sanctuary for soldiers is posted outside of the city limits, Sat., Nov. 15, 2008. .

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