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VOL. 116 - NO. 19 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 11, 2012 $.30 A COPY Massachusetts Group Making a Happy 1,000 Mile Ride by Horse for Veterans The Fly the Flag Project is organizing a is able to walk short distances. It Mother’s Day salute to veterans with a 1,000 mile ride was time to keep his promise and by three horsemen, from Concord, help those wounded warriors he New Hampshire to Georgia, the origi- came to know. Teddy Roosevelt nal thirteen colonies. would have called him, “a Citizen of Lead by Ron Villareale of Easton, the Republic, the man in the arena.” Massachusetts who has ridden from The Fly the Flag Project has con- Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. tacted the Veterans Affairs Commis- by horse, then return to ride to meet sioners of each of the states. The with officials at the United Nation project now has state coordinators in in New York. He next rode across Rhode Island, Connecticut and Geor- America carrying a proclamation from gia. Calls are pouring into the office from the governor of the state, to the governors many parts of the country, said Rhonde Kunz across the USA. Ron appeared on radio and of Norton, a project spokesperson. “We had TV talk shows across the country. He was a very strong veterans’ community out asked to speak at civic and veterans groups, there”, says Peter Hammond of Cape Cod, conventions, schools and many other ven- “willing to step forward and get the job done.” ues. After his travels by horse, of over 4,000 The project has also heard from veterans’ miles he was inducted into the Long Rid- motorcycle groups, such as Rolling Thun- ers, an international equestrian organi- der, Patriot Guard Riders, Blue Knights and zation’s, hall of fame.
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