This Fall Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of
Fisher House Founder Zachary Fisher September 26, 1910—June 4, 1999 With their wives watching, Zachary and President George Bush open the first Fisher House at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, in 1991.
Zachary with Intrepid Freedom Award recipient Margaret Thatcher.
Zachary and Elizabeth at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
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bedside of a wounded warrior. As Gen. Henry Shelton, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at Zachary’s memorial service, “We cannot forget this wonderful man, so full of greatness and humility, who sought not glory for himself, but rather glory for America’s fighting men and women.”
Sailors onboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) honor Zachary by lining up on the flight deck.
THE PATRIOT • SUMMER/FALL 2010
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