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Reports on the "Faces of the Fallen," a collection of portraits of servicemen and women who died in Afghanistan and Iraq that opened last week at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Description of some of the portraits; Reactions from family members; How the portraits were created; Use of published photographs and more than 200 artists; Efforts of artist Annette Polan who initiated and organized the project.

The article focuses on the painting "Going Home," by Mort Künstler, which will commemorate General Thomas J. Jackson's funeral procession aboard the packet boat Marshall on the Kanawha Canal in Lynchburg, Virginia during the U.S. Civil War. Künstler is putting finishing touches on the painting now, and he hopes it will be a memorable work of art. Proceeds from Künstler's commemorative activities in Lynchburg will assist in the restoration of the packet boat Marshall.

Reports on the winners of the 2003 International Portrait Competition held by the Portrait Society of America on April 26, 2003 in Reston, Virginia. Robert Liberace for his Steve Honigberg portrait; Richard Weaver for his Self-Portrait; Paul Newton for a portrait called Jonathan.