Beginning on the border of Canada, just north of International Falls, MN Mike Ehredt of Hope, ID will begin his solo run to honor those who have served and died in Afghanistan. Flags bearing the Name, Rank, Age and Hometown of a fallen U.S. Military Member will be placed each mile, thus creating an invisible holding of hands from our northern border to the Gulf of Mexico outside Galveston, TX.
0: Take the 26/81 Challenge - VIDEO Ver detalle |
1: The Eve of Project America Run - VIDEO Ver detalle |
2: Planting the First Flag, International Falls Journal - PHOTO Ver detalle |
3: Day 1 - Planting Flags with local Teens - VIDEO Ver detalle |
4: What does Mike's journey mean to you? - BLOG Ver detalle |
5: Shout Out Ver detalle |
6: Day 2 -Flag - PHOTO Ver detalle |
7: Day 3 - To remember and honor those who are served with her husband - PHOTO Ver detalle |
8: Day 4 - First Flag - PHOTO Ver detalle |
9: Day 4 - PHOTO - BLOG - SOUND BITE Ver detalle |
10: To: Galveston, TX Ver detalle |
11: Day 1 Start 8-23-2012 Ver detalle |
12: Evander E. Andrews Ver detalle |
13: Kristofor T. Stonesifer Ver detalle |
14: Jonn Joseph Edmunds Ver detalle |
15: Bryant L. Davis Ver detalle |
16: Vincent Parker Ver detalle |
17: Johnny Michael Spann Ver detalle |
18: Giovanny Maria Ver detalle |
19: Michael J. Jakes Jr. Ver detalle |
20: Daniel H. Petithory Ver detalle |
21: Brian C. Prosser Ver detalle |
22: Jefferson D. Davis Ver detalle |
23: Nathan R. Chapman Ver detalle |
24: Matthew W. Bancroft Ver detalle |
25: Jeannette Lee Winters Ver detalle |
26: Daniel G. McCollum Ver detalle |
27: Nathan P. Hays Ver detalle |
28: Scott N. Germosen Ver detalle |
29: Stephen L. Bryson Ver detalle |
30: Bryan P. Bertrand Ver detalle |
31: Morgan St Ver detalle |
32: Walter F. Cohee III Ver detalle |
33: Day 1 End Ver detalle |
34: Jason A. Disney Ver detalle |
35: Bruce A. Rushforth Jr. Ver detalle |
36: Juan M. Ridout Ver detalle |
37: Bartt D. Owens Ver detalle |
38: William L. McDaniel II Ver detalle |
39: Kerry W. Frith Ver detalle |
40: Curtis D. Feistner Ver detalle |
41: Jody L. Egnor Ver detalle |
42: James P. Dorrity Ver detalle |
43: Thomas F. Allison Ver detalle |
44: Jeremy D. Foshee Ver detalle |
45: Curtis A. Carter Ver detalle |
46: Stanley L. Harriman Ver detalle |
47: Philip J. Svitak Ver detalle |
48: Neil C. Roberts Ver detalle |
49: Jason D. Cunningham Ver detalle |
50: Peter P. Crose Ver detalle |
51: Matthew A. Commons Ver detalle |
52: John A. Chapman Ver detalle |
53: Marc A. Anderson Ver detalle |
54: Matthew J. Bourgeois Ver detalle |
55: Day 2 Ends - 8-24-2012 Ver detalle |
56: Daniel A. Romero Ver detalle |
57: Jamie O. Maugans Ver detalle |
58: Justin J. Galewski Ver detalle |
59: Katrina Renee Grady Ver detalle |
60: Gene A. Vance Jr. Ver detalle |
61: Peter P. Tycz II Ver detalle |
62: Anissa Ann Shero Ver detalle |
63: Sean M. Corlew Ver detalle |
64: Christopher J. Speer Ver detalle |
65: Ryan D. Foraker Ver detalle |
66: Mark Wayne Jackson Ver detalle |
67: Antonio J. Sledd Ver detalle |
68: James H. Ebbers Ver detalle |
69: Jerry O. Pope II Ver detalle |
70: Thomas L. Robinson Ver detalle |
71: Pedro Pena Ver detalle |
72: Steven Checo Ver detalle |
73: Daniel Leon Kisling Jr. Ver detalle |
74: Thomas J. Gibbons Ver detalle |
75: Gregory Michael Frampton Ver detalle |
76: Michael C. Barry Ver detalle |
77: Helge Boes Ver detalle |
78: Day 3 Ends- Saturday 8-25-2012 Ver detalle |
79: Day 4 Begins- Sunday 8-26-12 Ver detalle |
80: Brian Michael Clemens Ver detalle |
81: William John Tracy Jr. Ver detalle |
82: John D. Smith Ver detalle |
83: Timothy Wayne Moehling Ver detalle |
84: Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza Ver detalle |
85: Spence A. McNeil Ver detalle |
86: Darrell Jones Ver detalle |
87: James R. Dillon Jr. Ver detalle |
88: Jason Profitt Ver detalle |
89: John Stein Ver detalle |
90: Jason Thomas Plite Ver detalle |
91: Michael Maltz Ver detalle |
92: Jason Carlyle Hicks Ver detalle |
93: Tamara Long Archuleta Ver detalle |
94: Joseph Trim, LMHC Ver detalle |
95: Jacob L. Frazier Ver detalle |
96: Raymond Losano Ver detalle |
97: Jerod R. Dennis Ver detalle |
98: John E. Taylor Ver detalle |
99: Seth R. Michaud Ver detalle |
100: Thomas E. Retzer Ver detalle |
101: Kelvin Feliciano Gutierrez Ver detalle |
102: Christopher P. Geiger Ver detalle |
103: Jeffery L. Clark Ver detalle |
104: Chad C. Fuller Ver detalle |
105: Day 4 End - Sunday 8-26-12 Ver detalle |
106: Day 5 Begin- Monday 8-27-12 Ver detalle |
107: Kristian E. Parker Ver detalle |
108: Paul W. Kimbrough Ver detalle |
109: Christopher Glenn Mueller Ver detalle |
110: William Carlson Ver detalle |
111: Paul A. Sweeney Ver detalle |
112: Jay A. Blessing Ver detalle |
113: Howard A. Walters Ver detalle |
114: Thomas A. Walkup Jr. Ver detalle |
115: Steven Plumhoff Ver detalle |
116: William J. Kerwood Ver detalle |
117: Phillip R. Albert Ver detalle |
118: Theodore L. Perreault Ver detalle |
119: Roy A. Wood Ver detalle |
120: Danton K. Seitsinger Ver detalle |
121: Justin A. Scott Ver detalle |
122: James D. Mowris Ver detalle |
123: Curtis Mancini Ver detalle |
124: Adam G. Kinser Ver detalle |
125: Benjamin L. Gilman Ver detalle |
126: Robert J. Cook Ver detalle |
127: Shawn M. Clemens Ver detalle |
128: Nicholes Darwin Golding Ver detalle |
129: David E. Hall Ver detalle |
130: Day 5 End Monday 8-27-12 Ver detalle |
131: Hager City Ver detalle |
Mike solutes the very first flag planted near the Jack E. Murray statue near International Falls.
Very special moments kicking off Mike's Journey with a local crowd and into the run with a group of teens from a local high school who decide to run a few miles along side of Mike and support his journey, each helping plant a flag along the way.
"I appreciate what he’s doing to honor the soldiers who have died in these different battles. I don’t do marathons. I didn’t serve in the military even though we have many family members that have served our country. This is what I can do – provide a couple of evenings’ rest and food for Mike as he carries on his part in the bigger picture of honoring our fallen heroes." Click here to read the full blog entry - Hosting an American Hero
A special shout out and thank you to Mary Jane and her son from the "ThunderBird" Lodge for the free dinner, and taking a few minutes to plant a flag with us on Mike's Journey.
Just outside of Littlefork - A military wife whose husband is on his third deployment in Afghanistan decides she wants to ride her bike along with us in order to plant flags. She has two little children one boy two years old one girl four and a half and she wants to remember and honor those who are served with her husband and for our country.
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