Patriots – take a ride for All Vets Reunion

Patriots – take a ride for All Vets Reunion

Riders, escort the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall on Sunday, Oct. 2, from the Citrus County Fairgrounds in Inverness to the Nature Coast All Veterans Reunion site on U.S. 19, seven miles north of Crystal River. Organizations, individuals, bikes, cars and trucks are welcome. There will be free burgers and hot dogs for those who stay to help set up the wall.

Legion Auxiliary will sell coffee, donuts and escort T-shirts at the Auditorium from 7:30 to 10 a.m. The fairgrounds is south of Inverness at 3600 S. Florida Ave.

Also attend the Honor Flight benefit breakfast at Beef ‘O Brady’s in Inverness. Pancakes, sausage, coffee or orange juice is $5 from 6 to 10 a.m. Hosted by Barbara Mills to fly local World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their war memorial.

Assemble in the parking lot at 8 and “stands up” at 10 a.m. American Legion Post 225 is hosting the week-long All Vets Reunion. For more information, visit www.NatureCoastVeteransReunion.org. Or call Richard Hunt at 407-579-6190, Tom Gallagher at 352-860-1629, or Lee Helscel at 352-238-5692.