Manteca Quilters plan to present Quilts of Valor to local veterans during each day of their annual Quilt Show this Saturday and Sunday, March 22-23.

The Manteca Quilt & Fiber Arts Show takes place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the San Joaquin Office of Education, 2707 Transworld Drive, Stockton, off of Highway 99 at the Arch Road interchange.

Admission is $10.

There will be a large quilt display, multiple vendors, bed turning, demos, Quilt of Valor presentations, raffle baskets, and more.

The Manteca Quilters Guild has already held one event where two Quilts of Valor were awarded to two Manteca veterans — a father and son.

Tom Gallegos Sr is an Army veteran who served during the Korean War. 

He enlisted when he was 18 and had the rank of private first class. Gallegos was discharged in 1957.

His son, Tom Gallegos Jr.,  is a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam conflict. 

 He was stationed on the USS Wichita, which received the Battle of Efficiency award becoming the No. 11 ship for that year. He held the rank of Machinist E4 and served for seven years – three while on active duty and four years in the reserves.