EXHIBIT: The smiling face of a young Bradford resident will be featured in the 2017 Children’s Hospitals Photo Exhibit.

The photo of Preston Taylor, son of Eric and Jennifer Taylor, was selected through a national competition for the exhibit. The snapshot was taken by Julie Stefaniak, a senior marketing associate.

The Taylors have been very communicative with the Bradford community about Preston’s health, and have spread awareness about Down Syndrome.

In an article Jennifer wrote for The Era in October 2016 for Down Syndrome Awareness Month, she stated that despite the physical challenges associated with the disorder, “Preston radiates happiness and joy. He completed our family in ways we never thought possible. He makes us laugh every day. People love Preston, and he loves to make new friends.”

His joy is captured in this simple photograph.

“This exhibit communicates the hope, compassion and resilience shared by the children and families served by children’s hospitals and the expert health care providers who deliver specialized care,” stated a press release on the show. “From healthy kids to children with rare and complex medical conditions, the exhibit celebrates children’s hospitals’ commitment to the health of all children.”

The photo of Preston, titled “Attitude Is Everything,” will be on display in Washington, D.C. this summer, stopping during the week of July 10 in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Building, then from July 17-18 it will be in the foyer of the Rayburn House Building.

The exhibit will travel for two years, stopping in children’s hospitals across the nation.

The photo competition is a project of Huggies and the Children’s Hospital Association.

FOUR CHAPLAINS: Today is Four Chaplains Day, in which we honor the memory of four chaplains on the U.S.A.T. Dorchester Army transport ship that was torpedoed on Feb. 3, 1943.

The four men prayed with and comforted shipmates during the immediate aftermath as the ship was sinking, according to The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation.

Only 230 of the 902 men aboard survived. Among the dead were those four chaplains — Lt. George L. Fox, Methodist; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish; Lt. John P. Washington, Roman Catholic; and Lt. Clark V. Poling, Dutch Reformed — who each gave away their own lifejackets to other men on the ship.