This includes Veterans and civilians who have fought to preserve our Freedom and all Firemen, Police, and EMT's who fight everyday to keep our streets safe so we can sleep at night.

Our Mission

Our mission is to continue to raise the awareness that 'Freedom Is Not Free' and we all must always be thankful for what our Heroes have done and are continuing to do for us everyday. The sacrifices they and their families are making to preserve our Freedom should never go without notice and we should say 'Thank You' to every Veteran, Soldier, Fireman, Policeman, EMT AND their Families every time we see one.

This year we are helping to raise money for a Fallen Soldier, Stephen P Downing II by selling our newly designed T-Shirts, 'Have you thanked a Veteran for your FREEDOM today?' We will be selling these shirts at all our shows we attend this year to remember our Fallen Hero, Stephen P Downing II..... Please see our Events page and come see us at a show near you or you can always send me an email.

SPC Stephen P Downing II Memorial Fund

1216 W 550 S

Trafalgar, IN 46181

Phone: (317) 878-4514 | Cell: (812) 371-0317 | E-mail address: SPCDowningScholarship@yahoo.com

Contact:  LeAnn Chapman

www.SPCStephenDowningII.com  

Freedom Isn’t Free, Remember Our Fallen 

The SPC Stephen P. Downing II Memorial Fund is to honor a local Hero by raising money to award scholarships to students graduating from Stephen’s old High School in Mooresville, In. SPC Stephen P. Downing II, husband, son and father of 2 great kids, was killed in action in Iraq on October 28, 2004, while protecting our FREEDOMS. Our mission also includes raising enough funds for a memorial statue to be erected at the new Newby Veteran’s Memorial in Mooresville, In.  Please help us in our mission as we remember our fallen Heroes.

For those who are interested there is a trust fund set up for Steve P. Downing’s children, Taylor and Hunter Downing.  Trust Fund donations maybe made at any Citizen’s Bank location in their names. 

How can you help today?

Thank A Veteran T-Shirts = $15.00

12x18 Posters                      = $  5.00

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Thank You Soldier

Have you stopped to thank Veteran today?

For the price of FREEDOM they had to pay?

Did you gaze into those distant eyes?

Did you see the ghosts he can’t deny?

Did you think a Soldier’s heart is made of steel?

Because he was trained to kill, he couldn’t feel?

Did you see the guilt written on his face,

For the loss of life he couldn’t replace?

Did you know he mourns the lives he couldn’t save,

And walks with comrades in their grave?

Did you remember the boy with innocence lost?

Do you really know war’s ultimate cost?

Have you felt the blast of artillery fire?

Do you have the courage it would require?

Have you stood in the trenches consumed with fear?

Felt the enemies breath so very near?

Have you walked with God on a battleground?

Seen your brothers dead or dying all around?

Have you stopped to thank a Vet today?

Or did you just turn and walk away?

From the pain he’ll carry for the rest of his life?

Did you consider his family, his children, his wife?

That watch him suffer in silence each and every day,

As he’s haunted by memories that don’t go away?

Did you care that the Soldier is still pulling guard?

That his heart, mind and soul will forever be scarred?

Do you know how he suffers from PTSD?

Or that our precious FREEDOM is never Free?

Do you care that he still hears the blood curdling screams?

Or that he returns to the war each night in his dreams?

Have you felt of a combat Vet?

Or would you rather just forget?

That war has pierced his hardened heart,

And torn this Soldier apart?

Would you rather our Heroes just fade away?

Or will you stop to thank a Veteran today? 

By Chris Woolnough