BRUNSWICK — Run for the Fallen Maine will be holding their eighth and final run to honor fallen military heroes on Saturday, Aug. 16. The run starts and ends at Brunswick Landing. The run is a celebration of the lives for 93 men and 2 women with Maine ties who died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001.
The run has been shortened down to a family-friendly 5K in efforts to attract more runners. Runners will begin the 5-kilometer run at 10 a.m. This year’s event is a nontimed 5K walk/run for family members and other participants. Runners will be led from the starting line on Pegasus Street by the Maine Patriot Riders along a designated route lined with posters representing fallen military heroes in the form of a photo, their home town and a brief bio. Many of the family members and military representatives stand at these markers to encourage the runners along the route.
The program also includes vintage warplane and jet flyovers, the All Veteran Parachute Team and approx 300 motorcycles driving past a saluting Marine, and scholarship awards. Family members and all those that register before Aug. 10 will be treated to a lobster roll traditional Maine family barbecue just across the street from P-3 Park prior to our closing ceremonies. T-Shirts and Lobster Rolls will be given to all of those that register before Aug 12.
Registration begins at 7 a.m. Opening ceremonies, including prayer, reading of each soldier’s name and a song to remember the fallen will take place at 9:20 a.m.
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