Veterans Honor: Old Glory Relay finishes 62-day journey in honor of nation's vets

The Old Glory Relay finished it’s multi-state run with the American flag to honor U.S. veterans who have served and sacrificed for the country.

"It’s a way of service to each other," Pierce said. "Military service is a lot of that. It’s a brotherhood. You serve the person next to you along with your country. But you form very strong bonds, and the idea that I can still be apart — that I can still be with them in spirit — if not in person, is a big deal."  

Team Red, White and Blue, a non-profit that works to support veterans by helping them find fulfillment through lasting relationships with other veterans and civilians, organized the event. This year was the seventh relay it’s hosted and the first it has been able to pull off in the two years since the start of the pandemic.

Despite the hiatus, Brett Sanpietro, Team Red, White and Blue's director of operations, said the organization was determined to honor the nation’s veterans and continue on with its core mission of building relationships between vets and the communities they live in.