A Round Up about Run for the Fallen

In reading over the comments listed on the Final Day Event page on the
Run for the Fallen blog (and they are worth taking the time to read)

I was led to check and see what other posts were out there about

Run for the Fallen

First of all, Hat Tip to War on Terror News , for leading me to the story in

Stars and Stripes 4,000-mile Run for the Fallen reaches its Arlington goal

which has a link to a photo gallery, and also the video of the remarks by the Run founder, Jon Bellona.


I found a few postings about Local Runs for the Fallen around the country:

5K Run for the MS Fallen

USS Bullhead Park in honor of 35 fallen New Mexicans

Connecticut


Remembering Heroes

Soldiers Angels New York had two posts remembering two Fallen Heroes

Sgt. John David Rode

LCPL Nicholas J. Sovie


And at Don't Ever Put Down the Pen! the father of fallen hero

Sgt. Scott Lange Kirkpatrick

had this touching post about Run for the Fallen~The Final Day's Event


and you might want to take some time to read more of Mr.Kirkpatrick's blog

(Mr. Kirkpatrick also mentioned in one post friend Deb's blog Remembering the Fallen where she lists each day those who fell on that particular day, and links to their Legacy.com guestbooks, for messages to be left for the families.)


Another parent, at We Remember , also traveled to Arlington for the Final Day Event and blogged about it ....her blog is also worth exploring further.


This is just a short compilation of posts I've found worth taking the time to read.....if you have a link I missed, please send me an email( kasee267@aol.com ) and I'll add to this.


Run for the Fallen touched many, many lives and hearts.

Volunteering at the Last Day of Run for the Fallen

My husband and daughter and I got up at 3 a.m. this morning to drive to Arlington,VA, to volunteer through Soldiers Angels

at the Final Day Event of Run for the Fallen

Got to the Pentagon staging area a little after 6:00 a.m. and got our assignment to stand and cheer the runners on at the Tidal Basin.



We got two good videos of the runners as they passed us:



and part two,after they had circled around and were heading to Arlington National cemetary



Saw lots of other Angel volunteers! and the speech given at the end by the founder of the Run was very moving. This was an amazing and awe-inspiring effort, 10 weeks of running one mile at a time in honor and memory of our fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan.

(also, Didn't see several folks I was hoping to....sorry I didn't have a chance to say Hello!)


While the runners and volunteers went on into the cemetary after the run, we had to head back home.....but we were So humbled to have been a small part of the last day of this Run.

To all the runners....thank you, for remembering.