Stephen Henderson; co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

An elderly man with white hair, wearing a lavender dress shirt, standing behind a wooden podium, in front of a stone fireplace and window.

Ron Toller; co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Allan Perkal - co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Emiliano Enea - Board Member, Southwest & Central Asia Campaigns Veteran

Original class members

Joseph Bathanti; original facilitator

Elizabeth H.; original facilitator

Elizabeth C.; facilitator

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

Harold 'Ted' Minnick, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Wallace Bohanan, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

.Wallace Bohanan, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

'Brothers Like These'

'Brothers & Sisters Like These: An Anthology of Writing by Veterans'

'Brothers and Sisters Like These'

NCDMVA Secretary Mallette and an Air Force Veteran

'Oscar, why are you such a grouch?'

Memorial monument dedicated to fallen Paratroopers from the Global War on Terrorism

Army Spc. Matthew T. Bolar, 24, served with the 1st Battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment; KIA on May 03, 2007

Midge and Tom

Black Box Dancers and B&SLT members

Newsletter cover for the Guardian. Vietnam War mural, Veterans memorial, and a Veteran's wreath, including a profile of Tom Lorenc.

Active B&SLT member Sister Sarah S.

Active B&SLT member Brother Donovan S.

'Mural Art'

General Donahue in 2021, boarding a C-17 aircraft after ensuring that he was the 'Last man out of Afghanistan', while commanding the 82nd ABN DIV.

A memorial plaque dedicated to fallen paratroopers

Blue Ridge Honor Flight in North Carolina

Day of Friendship and Camaraderie 2025

Local Asheville artist Kate Keller's painting https://kk-photography.squarespace.com/

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Mural depicting scenes from the Vietnam War, including soldiers, helicopters, and military vehicles, with text explaining the history and remembrance of the Vietnam War.

'Move to Heal' Yoga

Weaverville Community Center B&SLT Reading Event on October 30th, 2025,

Artistic B&SLT mural

Display board from the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition featuring a collage, medals, and art pieces dedicated to veterans, with a book titled 'Troubled Sleep' and a magazine cover titled 'A Medic's Memory' about Vietnam war veterans.

Veteran saluting at a remembrance event.

National Veterans Creative Arts Competition

Movie poster for 'We Lift Each Other,' a film about Veterans, dance, and healing, directed by Lou Pepe and Keith Fulton, featuring Buncombe county (Asheville, NC) Veteran Treatment Court participants and dancing members of Black Box and B&SLT

Flyers for Brothers and Sisters Like These organization promoting different Veteran writing classes.

Blue Ridge Honor Flight

B&SLT members collaborating with Black Box members representing a written B&SLT piece into a dance

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