The winners of our “name that street contest” are  Karen Weber, Kevin Chambers and Paul Devine.  We have a 4th winner who was in a veritable tie time-wise  with Kevin, so Liz Rhodes will also receive a Jack print.

Congratulations for being astute neighbors.  The Victorian house in Jack’s painting is on the 2nd beach block of Heck Avenue:—-#27. Go see it in person. It is a beauty!

Our winners can pick up their signed Jack Bredin print at the International Headquarters of Blogfinger.net. We will send them an email.

 

Ocean Grove artist Jack Bredin painted an oil on canvas in 1995, at the request of a friend in Edgewater, NJ in honor of Flag Day.

Flag Day occurs each year on June 14. The painting depicts the raising of the largest flag in New Jersey at Veterans’ Park in Edgewater where Jack used to live.  You can see the George Washington Bridge in the background along with the Hudson River and New York City.

The canvas was reproduced using a printing method called “offset.” The prints, 24 x 18,  are numbered and signed, and they hang in the homes and offices of some very special individuals including high ranking military officers.

Jack says that patriotism is in somewhat of a state of decline these days, including respect for the flag, but he is proud to note that so many  OG citizens fly the flag on their homes.

BRAD PAISLEY

“Tonight I dare you to dream
Go on, believe impossible things
Whenever anybody says there’s anything we can’t do
Cause, after all, there’s an American flag on the moon.”