Monument Terrace Troop Rally and Veterans and Athletes United partnered to bring a memorial for 900th meeting

 For the 900th meeting, the Monument Terrace Troop Rally partnered with Veterans and Athletes United to bring a memorial created with dog tags engraved with the names of Army members who died in combat to Monument Terrace. 

The monument fills with veterans sporting leather jackets, accompanied by their families, motorcycles, flags and the never missing sign “honk if you support troops,” that invites people going by to be part of the rally, even for just a second. 

“It hits us personally,” Steve Bozeman, 72, said. “We lost 13 veterans from Lynchburg who were killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we know those faces, so we display those names and those faces every Friday.” 

Bethany Harrison, spokesperson for the Daughters of the American Revolution, said it is important to remember the sacrifices made by troops every day are the reason the United States is able to enjoy freedom. 

“We are here to honor those who uphold and upheld that quality (of patriotism),” Harrison said. 

Bozeman said they would keep coming every Friday, and even when he is not able, he would still come because it is about the community. 

“We sing the National Anthem, we pray, and we come back,” Bozeman said. “That is what we do as veterans. We keep coming back.”

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