American Veterans Traveling Tribute!

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American Veterans Traveling Tribute

Click on the above American Veterans Traveling Tribute to visit the official website! More information below:

American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) travels the USA with the Cost of Freedom Tribute to provide a forum for the members of the community to come together to Honor-Respect-Remember all those whom we have asked to stand in harm’s way to protect and defend our great country and freedom as our way of life. They are the true American Heroes and we have an obligation to pay tribute to them by celebrating the freedoms they fought for and stand to insure.

There is no admission fee to see the Wall, but we encourage you to bring your children and educate them as to the significance of this important moment in history.

Our Cost of Freedom Tribute is a true depiction of the great sacrifices made throughout the history of our country. It consists of:

Displays representing statistics from every war/conflict that the USA has been involved in.

A series of World War II panels portraying the entire timeline of events.

A Korean War tribute representing the timeline of the entire conflict with corresponding battle maps and photos.

The Traveling Vietnam Wall – 80% replica (largest replica) of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. The “wall” stretches over 380 ft long from end to end and contains all 58,253 names. The “wall” is current through 2009 and is constantly being updated to accurately pay tribute to those who died during the Vietnam war.0

A timeline, series of facts and figures, and a display of art from Vietnam veteran artists depicting patriotic and veteran themes.

A display of USA founding and significant historical documents including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other historical documents.

Panels for honoring Law Enforcement and Firefighters with pictorial display.

A panel memorializing the casualties at the Ft Hood 2009 shooting.

Pictures of each of our commanders in chief throughout history.

A 9/11 tribute with the names of all 2984 casualties organized by where they were located at the time of death.

The AVTT “Gold Dog Tag” display. This one of a kind tribute honors those who have fallen and to which there is not currently a memorial for their honor and remembrance. Each dog tag permanently records the casualty information (full name, branch of service, rank, date and location of casualty) for that American Hero. This tribute is updated constantly and would be accurate to the day it would arrive at your location. Currently the AVTT Gold Dog Tag display is the tribute to those who have fallen 1) In hostile military actions between the end of Vietnam and the 9/11 attack and 2) As a member of the armed forces who have given their life in the Global War on Terror.

The Traveling Vietnam Wall and the AVTT crew will be officially escorted into the Carson City area by local law enforcement officials, as well as veterans and local military personnel via convoy consisting of motorcycle riders, classic cars, and emergency vehicles. The convoy is tentatively scheduled to commence from the USA Parkway exit on Interstate 80 and will proceed through Sparks and Reno before making the turn southward on US Hwy 395 towards the state capitol.

Interested parties who wish to be part of the official escort should contact David Hendrix – Ride Captain or Marcia Hendrix – Ride Sweep at (530) 827-3001. You may also reach them by writing to: chariotsofchoice@yahoo.com.

(All parties are welcome to join in the escort, but we do ask that you decorate your vehicle to fit the patrotic theme and honor the tribute for which this Wall represents!)

The escort is tentatively scheduled for Wed., Oct. 24th – time to be announced. There will be a reception immediately following the arrival of the Wall at Mills Park at a location to be announced soon! All riders and participants in the official escort must sign and submit a waiver before being allowed into the convoy. You can download the waiver form here; liability hold harmless agreement

The Traveling Vietnam Wall is an amazing way to honor our fallen servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice and who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom and duty. It truly is a great way to educate our children of what hardships our nation’s military faced throughout history. We are fortunate to be able to bring it to Carson City, but like everything else, there are considerable costs to cover and we need your help.

If you wish to donate to this cause, we would be honored and humbled to accept your monetary donation by clicking on the link below. Or, you may send a check or money order payable to: Battle Born Days and mail to: NV Shows, 819 Mill St., Reno, NV 89502. Thank you!

Also,…if you wish to volunteer to help us maintain the exhibit, assist us with the heavy security requirements that the Wall has, decorate the Wall with flags, flowers, and whatever else is needed, please reach out to us on our contact page!

For more information about this event, please call:

Harry Ehrman at (775) 720-7216 or write to him at; battleborndays@gmail.com

Rich Crombie at (775) 846-1130 or write to him at; rich@battleborndays.com

Liza McIlwee at (775) 291-6942 or write to her at; liza@battleborndays.com

Our mailing address: Battle Born Days c/o NV Shows, LLC – 819 Mill St., Reno, NV 89502

Want to volunteer or be a part of this event? Then please let us hear from you!