Thousands Take Part in America Supports You Freedom Walk
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2008 – An assembly of thousands gathered this morning at the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, the starting point of the fourth annual America Supports You Freedom Walk.
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Groups Share Missions with Freedom Walk Participants
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2008 – While the fourth annual National America Supports You Freedom Walk was winding down for its nearly 10,000 participants, the day’s activities were just beginning for troop-support groups set up in the Pentagon's South Parking lot.
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Family Members, Troops, Veterans Join Freedom Walk
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2008 – Participants in the fourth annual Freedom Walk came to honor loved ones, friends and coworkers lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and to honor servicemembers who continue to sacrifice to defend the freedoms attacked that day.
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Freedom Walk Ends With Musical Tribute
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2008 – Nearly 10,000 people walked the mile between Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, as part of today’s fourth annual National America Supports You Freedom Walk.
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Local Walks
Ohio Remembrance Gives Meaning to Sacrifice
SEBRING, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2008 – Significance is meaningless without sacrifice. That was the message more than 100 people heard yesterday after completing Sebring's third annual America Supports You Freedom Walk.
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Kadena Air Base Students Honor 9/11 With Walk, Lessons
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 - Freedom Walks, special bulletin board displays and moments of silence marked the seventh anniversary of 9/11 at Department of Defense Dependents Schools around the world.
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California Freedom Walk Honors 9/11 Victims
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2008 – Close to 200 people, from college students to police officers, walked nearly a mile yesterday in Orange, Calif., to honor all the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Shauna Fleming, 19, founder of the nonprofit group "A Million Thanks" - a home-front group of the Defense Department's America Supports You program - was the event director and organizer.
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