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Countdown to MAF Heroes’ tour!!!! Tomorrow is the BIG day as we kickstart our nationwide tour that will culminate in a huge surprise for our troops! We at Move America Foward are proud of this year’s venture and we invite all of you to come out and support our troops in our Honoring Heroes at the Holidays II tour. OUr aim is to ship more packages than MAF has ever shipped to our troops over the holidays. Saturday at 9:00 AM sharp we will participate in Sacramento, California’s Vietnam Memorial/Parade. You can find us at 216 O St., Sacramento, Calif.We...

This had to be filmed from a camera focused on the TV so it's a bit sloppy, but the Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour got excellent coverage on the evening news in Houston, Texas December 4th.

Join Move America Forward for the “Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour” and our Shreveport Louisiana rally stop as we cross this nation holding pro-troop events in 40 cities across America to honor and salute the men and women of the U.S. military who will be thousands of miles away from their homes and families during this holiday season. We're collecting over 100,000 Christmas and holiday cards for our troops that we are delivering directly to our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wednesday, December 5, 2007 2:00 PM Shreveport, LA Pro-Troop Rally Southern Hills Community Center 1002 Bert...

We just started a cross-country tour called "Honoring our Heroes for the Holidays" that will take us to New York City at the World Trade Center site. We are collecting more than 100,000 cards of love and support that we did not show our veterans of more recent wars, which I will take to our soldiers in Iraq. Our first stop on Monday was in Santa Nella, Calif., at The Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War Veterans. The names of 2,495 California veterans are engraved there. Our people were overwhelmed with the service of these veterans who gave their lives...

Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour Tuesday November 13th - NoonSacramento Pro-Troop Event! ***SPECIAL EVENT IN SACRAMENTO: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 12:00 Noon*** Tuesday November 13, 2007 Noon - 3:00 PM ::Sacramento, CaliforniaPro-Troop Rally & Card Making Event for Our Troops Bring your family, we want to get hundreds of people out for this very special day! Bring flags and signs that thank our troops, express support for our troops. Location: Land Park Amphitheater -CLICK HERE for MAPNew Radio Ad - Listen Here!

Hardship troopers Local group Move America Forward supports the troops—and the War on Terror By Kari Westerman More stories by this author... Diana Nagy croons at a Move American Forward rally. MAF contacted Nagy after hearing her rendition of "Where Freedom Flies," a song penned by Nagy’s mother during a sleepless night after viewing a television report of protesters burning the American flag. SN&R PHOTO BY MARY PEARSON Clad in an American flag-print tank top, a red leather jacket and gem-studded jeans, patriotic singer Diana Nagy kicked off Move America Forward’s 40-city Honoring our Heroes at the Holidays Tour with an...

Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour November 26 - December 16 Join Move America Forward for the “Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour” this November 26th - December 16th as we cross this nation holding pro-troop events in 40 cities across America to honor and salute the men and women of the U.S. military who will be thousands of miles away from their homes and families during this holiday season. Along the tour we will be collecting more than 100,000 Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday greeting cards for our troops that we will deliver to them in Iraq and Afghanistan. Get...

Hello New Mexico FReepers! We're putting together confirmed locations for Move America Forward's "Honoring Our Heroes at the Holidays Tour" and I'm looking for some guidance/input on where we should hold our 2 New Mexico events. We'll be in New Mexico on Saturday, December 1st:12:30 PM Alamogordo, Pro-Troop NM Rally - I was wondering if there might be a good area for people to gather outside the front gates of Holloman Air Force Base? Or are there other locations in the city (such as a park) that you all would recommend? 5:00 PM Roswell, NM Pro-Troop Rally - Need input...

Posted: Aug. 3, 2007 Watertown - They start in many places and gather at one. Dressed in black leather, in fatigues, in jeans, and yellow "Patriot Guard Riders" armbands, they come to honor the dead. And they come to let family members know their loved one's sacrifice will not go unnoticed. On Friday, it was this small southeastern Wisconsin community mourning the loss of a native son to battle. For the men and women on Harleys, Hondas, Yamahas, Kawasakis and even a yellow scooter, their journey to Watertown to take part in Marine Cpl. Matthew Zindars' final journey was a...

Crowds turn out to honor vets By Rayanne Schmid The Daily Times Published May 27, 2005 Kerr County came out in full force Thursday, proudly displaying its patriotic spirit, to pay tribute to those who died in military service and honor those who have and are serving. Hundreds gathered in front of Bank of the Hills for the institution’s “Heroes All” event that brought together music, prayer, remembrances and plenty of red white and blue. Brig. Gen. F. Joseph “Joe” Prasek, deputy commander for the 5th U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, served as keynote speaker for...