Vets or Freedom Heroes Tour Mar 29/30

[Don]

Statewide Request TN/KY & post Confirmed Escort Mission: Vets for Freedom Heroes Tour, Nashville/Clarksville, TN 29, 30 March 08‏
From: Annette Robeck (cherokeedreamcatcher69@yahoo.com)
Sent: Thu 3/27/08 11:15 PM
To: mods@patriotguard.org; info@patriotguard.org
Please send out the statewide to TN/KY, and post if it can be posted other than in the TN forum, it's already posted there. THANKS!! Annette

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Vets for Freedom Heroes Tour


Saturday (Nashville) March 29, 2008

and

Sunday (Clarksville) March 30, 2008


Nationwide Tour will Honor America’s Heroes
Supporting our troops and the missions in Iraq & Afghanistan


WHO/WHAT: The Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour (NHT) is a coast-to-coast bus tour aimed at honoring America’s heroes, men and women who risk their lives by having served—and currently serving—in the armed forces, and their families. The tour also provides an opportunity for the community to show its support and commitment to completing the job in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Highly-decorated veterans from across the country will be carrying their personal stories and message to the American public in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Each of these heroes has an incredible story to tell, and will be recounting his experience in Iraq and Afghanistan while speaking about his commitment to success there. Three participants have published books about their experiences, and many others have noteworthy stories, including:

* David Bellavia—author of House to House (a memoir about house-to-house combat in Iraq), recipient of the Silver Star, and nominee for the Medal of Honor.

* Marcus Luttrell—recipient of the Navy Cross and sole survivor of a mission in which four Navy SEALS were sent into a Taliban stronghold on the Afghan-Pakistan border; Luttrell was badly injured yet managed to escape enemy capture and later author the New York Times best-selling book Lone Survivor.

* Marco Martinez—recipient of the Navy Cross for heroic action on the battlefield in Iraq and author of Hard Corps, Martinez was involved in gang activity in Los Angeles and joined the Marine Corps to straighten out his life.
* Steve Russell—recipient of the Bronze Star medal with Valor Device for his actions in Iraq; Lieutenant Colonel Russell led the battalion responsible for the capture of Saddam Hussein.

www.vetsforfreedom.org/heroestour for more information.

Staging will be at VFW Post 1970 (the breakfast for the Heroes bus is limited to members of the VFW post 1970) can start to gather at 8am. The breakfast starts at 7am. I don't know the departure time of the bus since a couple of the bus members will be taken by a separate vehicle to a radio interview (with Steve Gill) and a book signing (Borders at West End).

Here's the itinerary for the Nashville stops by the National Heroes tour:

VFW Post 1970 Breakfast sponsored by ADS Security (7am)
VFW Post 1970 - 7220 Charlotte Pike, Nashville Tn 37209
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Interview w/ Steve Gill (Nashville Talk Radio) (9:06am) (not a part of the bus stop)
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VFF book signing at Border's on West End (noon) (not a part of the bus stop)
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VFW Post 1291 Lunch and "mini" town hall meeting (11am-1pm)

VFW Post 1291 - 1907 Lebanon Road, Nashville Tn 37210
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Flags of Honor Service at 537 Franklin Road sponsored by Sprint (3-6pm) (Clearview Baptist Church)

Vets will be honored at the Grand Old Opry w/ Charlie Daniels (6:30pm)

We are working on setting up the Sunday Fort Campbell escort. We may be setting up to go onto post with the bus. There should be further instructions on what would be needed by both cages and bikes to ride onto post. It may be during Saturday's escort that we have the final details for Sunday, if it is available before, we will have it posted.

(Note: We will also be delivering a plaque on Sunday, we will be limited on the number of bikes/cages that can go on base, so we plan on the others going to deliver a plaque to a family in the Clarksville area)

Looks like the weather for Saturday is partly sunny (good chance of rain showers in the morning) and temps in the low to mid 60's

Ride Captains: Randy Hall, aka Sportypig, rchall@comcast.net , and VictorEnriquez, aka Shotglass, ahotglass96@bellsouth.net

Ride/Drive Safely,

Annette Robeck
aka Dreamcatcher
TN State Captain
Patriot Guard Riders
dreamcatcher@patriotguard.org
(615) 974-3046

Proud Blue Star Mom of an Army National Guard Daughter, Ft. Jackson, SC

[dreamcatcher]

I hope you were able to see them in Evansville, IN or Louisville, KY, they were an awesome group to see and meet!

Dreamcatcher