OT: Veterans Day Events - 11 November 2004

November 9, 2004

Benefit Concert for Veterans on Veteran's Day

Service members, Veterans and their families who will be in the Tampa,

FL area on November 11, are encouraged to attend the Tribute to Veterans

benefit concert.

The concert is being put on by the American Freedom Foundation, a

non-profit organization founded by the 12th Sergeant Major of the Army,

Jack Tilley, to honor our service members and raise funds and awareness

for veterans and their families affected by Operations Enduring Freedom

and Iraqi Freedom.

Confirmed celebrities and entertainers include country singers Darryl

Worley, Mark Wills and Rebecca Lynn Howard, and World Wrestling

Entertainment's John " Bradshaw " Layfield.

Tickets for the Veteran's Day concert event are on sale now through

and range from $25 (military discount), $35 (general admission), $150

(gold circle seating). All funds raised go directly to disabled veterans

and their families.

** Country Music Artist Clint Black Offers Free Veterans Day Concert **

Country music sensation Clint Black will treat service members to a

rousing Veterans Day concert this week to thank them for their

contributions to U.S. national defense. Black, with a long string of

No. 1 hits and country music awards to his name, will present the Nov.

11 concert at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The concert is free and

open to all service members and their families, as well as Department of

Defense civilian employees, on a first-come, first-served basis. Basic

trainees will march together into the venue, where they will share

front-row seats with service members recently returned from deployments

to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as families of troops deployed to the

region, according to Sandra Hillard, program director for the 37th

Services Division at Lackland. For more information, see this article.

For general information .. check out the Department of Veterans Affairs

All Gave Some .. Some Gave All

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