The country, and even some corners of the world, believed that celebrating Raymond Farrell’s 103rd birthday was an endeavor worth a simple gesture that would bring joy, and they were right.
Farrell, a resident at the Oregon Veterans’ Home of Lebanon, turned 103 on July 28 and has been receiving birthday cards ever since. To date he has received 975 cards from every state in the U.S. except Delaware, as well as from Canada, Iraq,…