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About National Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
Hobby , Military
Health , United States
Ends: Apr 08, 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Dab Day, or Draw a Picture of a Bird Day, is an unofficial, but well celebrated event by soldiers, medical personnel and their families.
The day is based upon a real-life story from 1943.
It is the story of Dorie Cooper, a 7 year old girl, living in England. One day she visited her uncle in the local hospital, who had lost his leg in the war. Dorie's uncle was distraught, but Dorie asked him to draw her a picture of a bird. The man had no desire for such things, but he indulged his niece and drew a robin on the piece of paper she had give him. When the girl saw the picture, she laughed and told him that he wasn't a very good artist, but she would hang the picture on her wall nonetheless.
That little occurrence did in no way help the uncle's dire situation, but it did make him and his fellow injured soldiers in the ward laugh and brightened their day.
After that event, Dorie came to visit often. Each time the men held drawing contests to see who could impress Dorie the most.
Those little drawing events helped guided the soldiers through recovery.
Three years later Dorie was struck by a car and killed. The men and women from the ward mourned and wept for the little girl that brought them happiness and relief. They filled her coffin with pictures of bird and Draw a Bird Day is remembered and celebrated by many veterans and soldiers on the day of her death ever since.
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