Augusta Golf Show: Folds Of Honor
Ben Leslie with Folds of Honor for Memorial Day on the Augusta Golf Show. What Is Folds Of Honor? If you’re not familiar with the organization, let me tell you…
ARLINGTON, VA – DECEMBER 27: U.S. Marine Corps honor guards hold folded U.S. flags as they arrive at the funeral of Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Vincent J. Bell December 27, 2011 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Bell, an artilleryman for the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force based in Camp Pendleton, California, was killed by an improvised explosive device explosion while he was on foot patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during his fifth deployment in ten years with the Marine Corps. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Ben Leslie with Folds of Honor for Memorial Day on the Augusta Golf Show.
What Is Folds Of Honor?
If you’re not familiar with the organization, let me tell you a little bit about them.
Major Dan Rooney, returning from his second tour of duty in Iraq was flying home when, as his flight landed, the pilot announced they carried the remains of Corporal Brock Bucklin on board. Rooney watched as Corporal Bucklin’s twin brother walked alongside the flag-covered casket to meet his family on the tarmac. Among them, Corporal Bucklin’s young son, Jacob.
It was at that moment, now Lt. Col. Dan Rooney committed his life to rallying patriotic Americans through the Folds of Honor.
Since 2007, they have provided scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled military.
As you will hear Ben Leslie talk about in our conversation, the amount of money given out and the number of lives changed are incredible.
You can help, by giving, you can click here to go to the website.
Here’s my conversation with Ben Leslie from the Folds of Honor.
