Tulip patterns stitched into a quilt created by Ellen Metzger that will be raffled off in support of the Flathead Valley Parkinson's Support Group at her home in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 17. The red tulip, with a fringe of white, is the official symbol of Parkinson's Disease. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
April 20, 2019
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Living with Parkinson's
In the 1980s, a Dutch horticulturist with Parkinson’s disease developed a tulip that was deep red and edged with white — a masterpiece he would name after Dr. James Parkinson and one that would also later become a national symbol for the disease in April 2005.