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>>> WE MADE THE COMMENT EARLIER
THIS MONTH, I THINK YOU SAID
IT, JIMMY, THAT HONORING OUR
VETERANS SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED
TO ONE DAY BUT IS SOMETHING WE
SHOULD DO ALL THE TIME WHICH IS
WHY IT BRINGS US GREAT JOY TO
BRING YOU THE NEXT STORY.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
VETERANS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE, THOSE WHO DIED FOR
THE COUNTRY.
NEXT MONTH INCREDIBLE CONVOY
WILL ROLL QUITE LITERALLY INTO
SALISBURY TO PAY HOMAGE TO OUR
FALLEN VETERANS AS PART OF
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA.
JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON IS
THE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION, TIM AND DEPUTY
TRUCK DRIVER KEITH CLARK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KEITH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU .
>> WHAT DID YOU DO, KEITH?
>> IN THE AIR FORCE?
>> YES.
FOR THE F-16S, THE AVIONICS
SHOP.
>> REALLY?
>> WOW.
>> WE COULD CHANGE THE WHOLE
INTERVIEW!
[LAUGHTER]
>> IS RIGHT THERE WE COULD!
>> BUT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
443-880-9116.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> NO, IN 1992, THE WORCESTER
WREATH COMPANY UP INHERENT IN
MAINE DECIDED TO TAKESOME
LEFTOVER WREATHS THEY HAD AND
DONATE THEM TO ARLINGTON .
IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY DID
IT AGAIN.
AND IT WAS LIKE A SNOWBALL
EFFECT.
IT JUST GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER
AND BIGGER.
>> AND FOR YEARS YOU BEEN PART
OF THE DRIVE TO GET THE RACE TO
ARLINGTON?
>> UH-HUH.
>> ONLY THIS YEAR THEY WILL
MAKE A STOP ON THE WAY HERE IN
SALISBURY?
>> YES.
CONVOY WILL BE IN AROUND 2:30
IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE ARE HOPING EVERYONE WILL
COME OUT FOR THAT.
AND THE CEREMONY BEGINS AT
3:00.
>> SO, KEITH, IS A DRIVER, WHAT
IS YOUR ROLE IN 443-880-9116?
>> WELL, THIS ROLE I WILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE WREATHLAYING
CEREMONY AT THE WAR VETERANS
MEMORIAL AND ON THE 16TH I WILL
DELIVER A LOAD OF WREATHS INTO
ARLINGTON CEMETERY FOR THE
NATIONAL EVENT THERE AT 8:00.
>> GOODNESS.
>> YES.
>> NOW, TIM, THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT?
>> NO, IT IS THE 11TH YEAR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY DELIVERED ABOUT
150,000 RATES IN THE LAST 11
YEARS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
OUR DRIVERS LOVE TO DO IT.
PURDUE GLOVES SPONSOR THEM AS
WELL.
>> WHY?
>> IT IS JUST A WAY TO GET BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR
VETERANS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS AT
PURDUE AND A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS
ARE VETERANS.
AND IT IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO,
YOU KNOW, PAY HOMAGE TO OUR
FALLEN AND GIVE THEM THE
RESPECT.
I COME FROM A MILITARY
BACKGROUND AND I UNDERSTAND
WHETHER SACRIFICE WAS.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND IT IS JUST THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
>> AND THIS REALLY MEANS A LOT
TO THE FAMILIES AS WELL,
DOESN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LAST YEAR WAS HER VIRGINITY DO
I WICOMICO COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL
AND THE DRIVER DID ALL OF THE
TALKING, THE FAMILIES WERE
INVITED, A GREAT EVENT.
>> NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
THE COMMUNITY CAN DO
PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE AND
HELP?
>> ESPECIALLY AS HE SAID, THE
CONVOY WILL BE THERE AT 2:30
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE
COMMUNITY AND PUBLISHER OF
THEIR BEFORE THE CEREMONY
HAPPENS TO SUPPORT THE EVENT
AND ALSO, THEY CAN VOLUNTEER AS
WELL AT THE CEMETERY TO A RACE
ON THE FALLEN CEMETERIES.
AT ANY ARLINGTON NATIONAL
CEMETERY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> IN HERE IS THE INFORMATION.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT THE
WICOMICO COUNTY WAR VETERANS
MEMORIAL IT OF COURSE, THE
PUBLIC IS INVITED.
IN THE WICOMICO COUNTY WAR
MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT
FAMILIAR, WHAT IS IT?
>> THERE IS 191 HEROES ON THE
WALL THERE FROM HERE ON
DELMARVA.
SO WE HAVE SOME GOLDSTAR
FAMILIES HERE ON DELMARVA.
WE HOPE THAT THEY SHOW UP AT
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COMES OUT
TO SUPPORT THEM AND REMEMBERS
HER LOVED ONE.
>> AND AS YOU WERE SAYING, IT
STARTS AT THREE.
GET THERE EARLY?
>> YES, THE CONVOY WILL COME
INTO: 30, 2:45.
THEY WILL GET THERE A LITTLE
EARLY.
THE GOLD STAR MOMS WILL BE
THERE TRAVELING IN THE CONVOY,
SO IT WILL BE NICE.
>> AND, WHAT A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY TALK TO
THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE
GOLDSTAR FAMILIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A FEW YEARS AGO I TRAVELED FROM
THE CONVOY FROM HARRINGTON INTO
ARLINGTON AND I SPENT THE WHOLE
TIME WITH THE GOLD STAR MOMS
AND WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE
FAMILIES YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
ABOUT.
>> AND WE DO TALK ABOUT
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