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"   Michael Lucas had a dream. As a National Guardsman devoted to preserving landmarks in his native Virginia, he wanted to build a home similar to the one that originally stood on his property, a former Civil War battlefield in Rice, Virginia. But Michael, 39, had barely laid the foundation for his version of the historic 1860s Chatham house, when he was called to serve in Iraq, leaving behind his wife, Jean, 34, and their sons, Michael Henry, 12, and Joseph Nathan, 7. &amp;quot;Michael put his family and his house on hold to go fight for his country,&amp;quot; Ty says. &amp;quot;So we wanted to build a house for him to come home to.&amp;quot; When Extreme Makeover: Home Edition surprised Jean and their two sons with the news, they brought Michael home from Iraq for the occasion. Click here to view the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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