From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director:

Don’t forget to join us this Saturday, May 14^th, for our East Texas Salute 2016. We hope you will bring your family and friends out to the Museum for a fun day of honoring and thanking the Patriot Guard Riders and Welcome Home Soldiers for all they do for our American heroes.

This admission free event will feature:

• American Freedom Museum and Traveling Vietnam Wall, open from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Texas Veterans Classic Car Show, open from 9:00a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• Patriotic Choir Concert by The Brook Hill High School Choir at 9:30 a.m.
• Patriot Guard Riders arrival at 10:00 a.m.
• East Texas Men in Harmony performing at 10:30 a.m.
• World War II Aircraft flyover at 11:00 a.m.
• Brief Recognition Ceremony of the Patriot Guard Riders and Welcome Home Soldiers organizations at 11:00 a.m.
• Complimentary lunch served immediately following the ceremony at 12:00 p.m.
• Military and First Responders vehicles and aircrafts, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Texas Military Personnel, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Children’s activities, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Exhibitors and vendors, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Please join us in thanking our East Texas Salute 2016 Community Partners:

ABC Auto Parts                                              Flowers Baking Company
Alert Academy                                               Hall Buick GMC
American State Bank                                      Happy Donuts
American Veterans Traveling Tribute               Jacksonville Marine Corps League
Army National Guard                                      KTBB
Army & Navy Store                                                  Newburn Appliance Services
ASCO International Case                                Purple Pig
Austin Bank                                                   Roy Nowacki
Best Maid Pickle                                            Sam’s Wholesale Club
Brookshire Grocery Company                         Shane Payne
Bullard Banner News                                      Sign Country
Bullard Fire Department                                  Smith County Sheriff’s Office
Butler Alignment and Brake                            Smith Crisp Realty
CBS 19                                                          Take A Trip Rentals
Chick-fil-A                                                     Texas National Bank
City of Bullard                                                Texas Veteran’s Car Show
Civil Air Patrol                                               The Brook Hill School
Coca-Cola Company                                       The Cleaning Company
Continental Battery                                         The Diner
Contractors Builders Supply                            Trinity Mother Frances
Dairy Queen                                                   Trinity Valley Young Marines
Deanda and Tim Frost                                     Tyler Car and Truck Center
Discount Tire                                                            Tyler Chamber of Commerce
Dixie Paper                                                     Tyler Marine Corps League
Dunn Transmission                                         Tyler Morning Telegraph
East Texas Medical Center EMS                     Tyler Sea Cadets
East Texas Men in Harmony                          UT Tyler Student Veteran’s Org