Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 165, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Page: 2 of 20
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Brotherhood Ride to make stop in Alto May 24
JEFF MORSE
Naples, Fla.
My name is Jeff Morse and I
am a lieutenant with the North
Naples (Fla.) Fire Department.
I am also the founder and presi-
dent of the Brotherhood Ride.
The Brotherhood Ride honors
fallen emergency first respond-
ers and consists of police offi-
cers, firefighters and emergency
medical care members who ride
bicycles to honor those who have
fallen in the line of duty. Our
organization’s sole purpose is
to provide emotional support
to the families of fallen public
safety officers.
We feel by riding approxi-
mately one year after the inci-
dent, it proves to the families
that we have not forgotten their
loved ones. We have completed
six annual rides to date.
This year’s ride will cover
more than 750 miles and will
take nine days to complete.
The ride will leave Plaquemine,
La. May 22 and will arrive in
Houston May 30. We will have
two overnight stops in your area
- one in Alto on May 24 and one
at the Tyler Elks Lounge, 13618
SH 31 in Tyler May 25.
In 2008, we rode to Charles-
ton, S.C. to honor the nine
firefighters who died in a ware-
house fire.
In 2009, we rode to honor
Fort Myers, Fla. police officer
Andrew Widman, who was
shot in downtown Fort Myers.
This was the first time we had
coworkers ride with us, and it
proved to be a very emotional
and beneficial ride for them, too.
In 2010, we rode to honor two
Houston firefighters who died in
a structure fire on Easter morn-
ing of that year. We have had
several Houston firefighters
riding with us since 2008, and
we felt it was fitting to honor
their friends. We rode from
Tallahassee, Fla. to Houston
in 10 days, covering 875 miles.
The Brotherhood Ride took
place twice in 2011. The first
was to honor two Tampa po-
lice officers. The second was to
honor the 411 first responders
who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Thirty-seven firefighters and
police officers from across the
country left Naples, Fla. and
traveled 1,734 miles to New
York City - a 22-day trip cov-
ered by bicycle.
In 2012, we honored all of
Florida’s fallen heroes by riding
more than 550 miles through
the state of Florida.
Last year, we honored eight
first responders on a 700-mile,
nine-day ride from central
Florida to Tennessee, where we
Searching for stories of soldiers
buried overseas
MICHAEL BEACH
Maysville, Okla.
My name is Michael Beach. I
am from Maysville, Okla. and
am the creator of the website
apieceofhomeusa.com.
I am searching for as many
of the stories of the 218,000
soldiers buried overseas in
24 American cemeteries as I
can find.
I started working on the
stories of soldiers from
Oklahoma, but have decided
to try and help find as many as
I can from across the country.
This project all started
when I visited a Normandy
cemetery and walked up to an
Oklahoman’s grave. I gave him
a rose rock, then found about
20 more that day.
When I went back, I visited
the 144 Oklahoma soldiers in
the cemetery and gave all of
them the rose rock.
I spent six months traveling
through Europe, North Africa,
the Philippines and Hawaii and
have placed more than 2,000
Oklahoma rose rocks at the
graves of soldiers buried there.
On several occasions, I
wanted to walk away from my
journey and come back home.
I had very little money and my
feet were so badly blistered that
I shouldn’t have been walking
- but I had to so I could get my
journey accomplished.
Once I had made it to each of
the cemeteries, the thought of
going home washed away and I
worked at finding the soldiers.
I realized that if I didn’t do
this, no one would and those
Oklahoma soldiers would not
have a piece of their home
with them.
When I returned home, I
began searching for the 3,000
soldiers from Oklahoma. So
far, I have gathered around
50 stories, some partially
complete, of World War I and
World War II members of the
military.
I have decided to find one
story from each state for each
of the 23 cemeteries located
overseas and in Hawaii. I
know if the stories are fading
in Oklahoma, they are fading
all around the U.S.
There are 893 soldiers from
World War I and 7,472 soldiers
from World War II that are
buried or listed on the walls of
the missing from Texas.
I am searchingfor information
such as pictures, letters and
family members willing to
contact me with any info or
stories they have. I am even
looking for history of the area
during the time the soldiers
lived there.
Too many times, I’ve had
family members tell me, “I wish
I had known about this a year
ago” because they had a family
member who passed away who
knew the story of their veteran
buried overseas.
The stories that I am able to
collect will be shared with each
soldier’s cemetery so others
passing through may hear the
tales and histories of these
honorable soldiers.
If anyone has any information
on a soldier buried overseas,
please contact me by visiting
apieceofhomeusa.com to
arrange a digital transfer.
You may also send informa-
tion by mail to Michael Beach,
P.O. Box 582, Maysville, OK
73057. Any help will be greatly
appreciated.
honored Kenny Fox, who died
in a structure fire.
This year, the ride will honor
firefighters from Dallas, West,
Bryan and Houston who have
made the ultimate sacrifice.
This ride will not be possible
without your assistance.
Our 50 riders are firefighters,
police officers or emergency
medical personnel from 20 dif-
ferent public safety organiza-
tions across the country — all
of whom have committed to
completing the ride. Our group
also consists of a support team
whose members have volun-
teered their time to make sure
we are safe and are able to
complete our mission.
The total number of members
visiting Alto will be approxi-
mately 65. For some of us, this
will be our seventh memorial
ride. Every year, our commit-
ment grows stronger.
Our main goal is to provide
emotional support to the fami-
lies. We also provide a financial
donation to the families after
the ride is completed.
We are highly dedicated to
making sure we spend as little
as possible on the actual trip
expense, preferring to donate
that money to the family. We
are proud to have donated more
than $190,000 thus far.
If you have any questions,
feel free to contact me at (239)
633-7098. You may also visit
www.brotherhoodride.com to
learn more.
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EMMA L. WILSON
Jacksonville
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I appreciate everything
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I have been in this area
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originally from the Lower
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This paper has connected
me well with Cherokee
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NEWS
Band Boosters seeks
donations for 2015 RHS
band trip to Disney World
The Rusk High School band will
visit Disney World during spring break
in 2015.
The band still lacks $20,000 in
expenses for the trip.
Persons wishing to make a donation
may do so with Mike Miller, band direc-
tor or a member of the band boosters.
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