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7th Annual Fallen Marine Memorial Run

will be held on Sunday,

August 26, 2012!!!!

Please check out the pictures from the

6th Annual Fallen Marine

Memorial Run!!!

http://www.911photos.org/p721478635

Jerry Vanasdale always knew that building a motorcycle was something he wanted to do, but he didn’t know that this would be the path it would take him down.

It all began in Feb of 2006, when a photo of a 2 year old boy, named Tyler Miles, was published in the local paper. In the picture, he was wearing his tiny dress blues pointing at his father’s flagged draped casket saying, “daddy” to his grieving mother. That picture is what first drove Jerry Vanasdale and Joe Wadlow to start the Fallen Marine Memorial Run.

Jerry bought the chopper and repeatedly modified it to generate interest in the FMMR, but it soon turned into something much more. It made its debut in March of 2007 at the Cycle Production USA show. As a dedication to the memory of Sgt. Sean Miles, the back of the motorcycle is a picture of the face of the fallen hero. Jerry wanted Tyler, Sean’s son, to have something special to remember his father by. When he turns 18, Jerry plans to give him the motorcycle so that, “Tyler’s dad can ride along with him.”

Each year we select families of fallen Marines who are disabled or Killed in Action, and hold a fundraiser to help provide them or their family with financial assistance.  This is our purpose and inspiration.