The Blacksmith Experience Is Helping Veterans Forge Through Trauma

When Jerry Gardner invited local veterans to his blacksmithing shop in Daphne, Alabama, sparks flew as they learned to appreciate practicing this 3,500-year-old craft.

More importantly, though, their walls came down — and that’s what motivates Jerry to keep the fires burning, the hammers swinging, and the doors always open to his brothers and ...

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