Flags Across America RVer of the Year Fred Moore honors veterans at the Rally
FROM THE President
U.S. flags on the graves of military veterans in 40 states. Flags4Vets is the only group approved by the Department of Defense’s National Cem- etery Administration to raise money for flags and place them on veterans’ graves in the United States and 10 other countries.
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Flags4Vets has recently announced a partnership with Coast to Coast’s parent company, Good Sam, in the Flags Across America program. Flags Across America has the ambitious goal of placing flags on veterans’ graves in all 50 states. However, because it often costs as much to ship grave flags as it does to buy them, Flags4Vets is asking RVers to help by transporting and placing flags in their communities and across the country. Flags Across America combines the mission of Flags- 4Vets with the wanderlust and generosity of the Good Sam organization and its RVing members, including Coast to Coast members, by enlisting RV owners from every state to take possession of a bundle of grave flags. RVers in return pledge to transport these flags to cemeteries in their com- munities for placement on veterans’ graves. “I care a great deal about all of our Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen and guardsmen around the world,” says Moore. “And to this day, placing a flag on a veteran’s grave is a very emotional experience for me, but an experience that I am willing to share with others if they will join me.” It’s our hope that after reading this you’ll want to share in this experience by serving as a Flags Across America volunteer. To learn how you can help, email Fred Moore at moore@theusflag.com. To learn more about Flags4Vets or to make a donation, visit theusflag.com. If you’re planning to attend either the Syracuse Rally in June or the Atlanta Rally in October, we hope to see you at the Salute to Veterans. Be sure to stop by the veterans’ booth to visit with Fred and learn more about Flags4Vets and Flags Across America.
C oast to Coast has been the proud sponsor of the Salute to Veterans at the Camping World/Good Sam Rally for many years, and we’ll once again sponsor the event at this year’s Syracuse Rally, June 13 through 16, and Atlanta Rally, October 17 through 20. Our new Salute to Veterans partner is the Flags4Vets nonprofit organization and its founder, Fred Moore, the 2012 Good Sam RVer of the Year. Moore is a veteran himself, having served as a medi- cal corpsman with the First and Third Marine Divisions from 1968 to 1972. As preparation for serving overseas, Moore was first assigned to temporary duty on the burn ward at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital, tending to Ma- rines and soldiers returning from Vietnam with the worst kind of injuries.
Flags4Vets founder Fred Moore (right) leads the effort to place flags on military veterans’ graves at last fall’s Daytona Beach Rally.
Following his military service, Moore returned to or- dinary life, until by chance he passed by San Diego’s Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on the day flags were being placed on thousands of veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. That day changed Moore’s life and led to the founding of the national Flags4Vets program, which so far has placed
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