July 23, 2015 - Ashley McGhen and her husband, Charles, recently moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming from Texas. After their move they visited Lyons Park in Cheyenne where the Cost of Freedom Traveling Memorial was setup on Saturday, June 27th.
The traveling memorial is a tribute to Vietnam veterans as well as other war veterans. The couple found the name of Army Spc. Cory Bertrand, from Center, Texas, on the memorial and took a photo to share.
Spc. Bertrand was killed in action on October 14, 2008 at the age of 18 in Afghanistan. To read more about Spc. Bertrand, visit his memorial tribute at the following link - http://shelbycountytoday.com/__tribute.php#coryb
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute was in Cheyenne, Wyoming from June 24th through June 28th. Since then the wall traveled to Twinsburg, Ohio and on July 31st will be in Sturgis, South Dakota until August 9th. To see a schedule of the traveling memorial visit the following link - http://www.americanveteranstravelingtribute.com/#!schedule/cums
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) honors and pays tribute to all veterans, law enforcement, and firefighters for their service and sacrifices to our country. AVTT has a mission to build a tribute in Texas as a permanent memorial to all those who have served while paying specific tribute to those from Texas.
The AVTT has an 80% Traveling Vietnam Wall and does construction of Custom Engraved Tributes for veteran's parks across the country.
