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Gold Star families love America 'passionately': Lessons from nonprofit's commemorative journey
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Project RELO, which pays tribute to America's fallen service members and commemorates those lost to suicide, embarked on a journey to listen to Americans and Gold Star families.
"Most Americans are really proud of this country." Christian Anschuetz (second from left) and Task Force Tribute team members stand with their first veteran motorcycle escort team, Combat Vets Motorcycle Association, which delivered the group from the Michigan/Ohio border to the next event at the Dayton U.S. National Air Force Museum. (Project RELO) Task Force Tribute members and founder Christian Anschuetz (second from left) stop to pay tribute to the fallen who served from a Native American community at the Apsaalooke (Crow) Veterans Park in Montana on Aug. 25, 2022. (Project RELO) A combination at eight different veteran riding clubs came together to pay tribute at a Task Force Tribute event in Mt. Vernon, Washington. (Project RELO) Task Force Tribute team members and Idahoans have a fireside chat in Caldwell, Idaho, on Aug. 29, 2022. (Project RELO) Two Patriot Guard Riders of Florida admire the Task Force Tribute trailer on Sept. 7, 2022, before escorting the group to Pensacola, Florida. (Project RELO) The Patriot Guard Riders of Florida, a group that escorted the Task Force Tribute, have ridden over 240 rides to escort a veteran to their final resting place. (Project RELO) Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter at @atstabile.
The group's 7,054-mile odyssey from Michigan to Washington, D.C., represented the 7,054 servicemen and women who have died while protecting America's freedoms since Sept. 11th, 2001.