FREEDOM RALLY

In conjunction with Veteran's Day Weekend, the annual Freedom Rally was held for the first time on Main Street (McCulloch Blvd). In years past, the event venue had been down by the lake at Windsor Beach. The first time Patty and I attended this patriotic gathering was a few years ago when the Vietnam Memorial moving Wall was displayed.

There are a lot of things that Lake Havasu City is not, but for sure, it certainly is a City that embraces patriotism. There are so many residential flagpoles (including ours) with American Flags flying in the breeze, that you can almost say that when you drive around town, you are almost never out of sight of an American Flag. I suspect that with a large retired population, many of the city residents are Military Veteran's, even though there is no Military Base nearby.

This plaque was on the side of one of the firetrucks, and kind of hit home when I read it. You may have to click on the picture to enlarge the text.

As events go, this was not one of the best attended, but there was a pretty good crowd wandering up and down Main Street, checking out the vendors, and the other activities. Later in the evening, there was a concert by the Fryed Brothers, a band that I have seen many times back in the days when I attended a lot of motorcycle events. Fireworks were also on the agenda after the live music. Needless to say, we were back home when all of this took place.

When I returned from overseas in 1968, a military uniform was not very much admired or respected. So glad that has changed.

A lot of the vendors had nothing to do with Veteran's Day, but they provided a good mix for the crowd. We walked from one end to the other, before heading down to the island, where I walked/ran my 3.6 miles, and Patty walked about the same distance along the London Bridge Channel. It was a good day to be an American, and living in a country that honors the service of it's Military Veteran's.