PSA: Fallen 5 Memorial Event (9th consecutive annual memorial event)
Date: July 16th, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: Tennessee River Park Memorial – 4310 Amnicola Hwy, Chattanooga, TN 37402 – Wreath of Honor
Info: The public is welcome to assemble at the Wreath of Honor for a moment of silence to pay our respects. Joshua Kapellusch will give a short speech after which anyone in attendance is welcome to say something. Following the service, the public is invited to display and carry an American Flag to Coolidge Park leaving at 10:45 AM (the time the shooting began) to turn this tragedy into a triumph. Anyone can join Joshua in participating in running, ruck marching, biking, driving, or boating/floating/swimming down the Tennessee River with an American Flag. Please use situational awareness, follow all traffic laws, and if on the river, wear a life jacket and make safety a priority. The event organizer is not responsible for any injury or is not liable for your participation or any risks you assume. This is a free assembly event, no sign up needed. We will conclude the service once everyone makes it to the purple rhino. For more information contact Joshua at 423.414.8233 or [email protected]. Visit the Facebook page ‘Fallen 5 Drive’ or www.fallen5drive.org for more information.
“NEVER FORGET NEVER FORGET means to never lose the memory of the 5 men who sacrificed everything for our freedoms. It means to honor their sacrifice, their lives, their families, their whispering hallowed brevity. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about GYSGT THOMANS SULLIVAN, SSGT DAVID WYATT, SGT CARSON HOLMQUIST, LCPL SKIP WELLS, PO2 RANDALL SMITH. The “Fallen 5” as they were called – I call them our heroes, my brothers, my purpose for being an American worth dying for. Every year I have attempted to personally sacrifice in the most honorable way. I have completed three 5,000 mile trips across the country 2016-2018, twelve days in my truck serving the homeless in Chattanooga in 2019, three six mile runs 2020-2022, a six mile canoe trip in 2023 down the Tennessee river to Coolidge Park to represent the NAVY. For 2024 I will run the flag down Amnicola HWY. I have driven 132,000 miles with their names on my truck. Every day I see their names in red. Every place I go, they go. And I can still cry like a man every time I think of the loss, but they did not die in vain. We who have served and do serve, know well the tragic possibility of death, but no greater love than to lay down one’s life for another. We also thank the Chattanooga Police Department, Hamilton County Sherriff’s Department, and the Chattanooga Fire Department for their bravery and continued, faithful service to our beloved community. Without unity in our community, we do not have a united country. God bless the Fallen 5. NEVER FORGET. NEVER FORGET July 16th, 2015.
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Sincerely,
Joshua David Kapellusch, USAF Veteran, Founder of the Fallen 5 Drive