Freedom 250 hosts candlelight tribute on Memorial Day honoring military service members
Freedom 250 is organizing a candlelight tribute on Memorial Day to honor fallen U.S. military service members. The event will feature speakers who will recount the stories of late veterans, including Medal of Honor recipient Captain Humber “Rocky” Versace. The ceremony is open to military families, veterans, and the public, and will include a performance by Grammy Award-winning singer Gretchen Wilson.
- ▪Freedom 250 is hosting a candlelight tribute on Memorial Day.
- ▪The event will honor fallen U.S. military service members and recount their stories.
- ▪Speakers include Major General Patrick Henry Brady and members of the Eggers family.
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Freedom 250 is holding a candlelight tribute on Memorial Day to honor the sacrifices of fallen U.S. military service members who fought to secure and defend American freedom and recount their stories. The non-partisan organization, founded to celebrate the United States’s 250th birthday, will highlight the lives of late veterans Captain Humber “Rocky” Versace (a Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam prisoner of war) and Captain Daniel W. Eggers, who was a United States Army Special Forces officer and Green Beret.
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