It’s Bowl Season…

Got this in my e-mail today. If you’re in the area stop on by for a good time!

Dear Texas Veteran:

Please allow me to say “thank you” for your great and unselfish service to our country. Your willingness to do your part in helping to keep America strong and safe is greatly appreciated by all citizens of this great state and nation.

I want to let you know about a very special event, the 4th annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl football game. The sole purpose of this bowl game is to express gratitude to all men and women who have proudly worn — and who continue to wear — the uniform of all branches of the United States Armed Forces. I am inviting you to join with a host of veterans Thursday, December 31st, at 11:00 a.m. for a Star-Spangled Tribute at the Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

In addition to all of the patriotic overtones of the bowl game and its surrounding events, each military branch will shine alone in the spotlight for one quarter, and YOU will be asked to stand to receive a well-deserved round of applause when the song signifying your branch of service is played. Additionally, there will be military flyovers, displays of military hardware and booths from each service on hand. The game will be televised on ESPN.

As a Vietnam veteran, I know how important it is for all of us to let our active duty, reserve and national guard personnel know that we are behind them 100 percent. I hope you will feel an obligation to be in attendance on December 31st to say “thanks” to our men and women currently serving, while at the same time receiving the accolades that YOU so richly deserve.

As an incentive to attend this very special event, the bowl organizers are offering a 50% discount on tickets to veterans and their families (up to four total tickets). That is only $20 for a ticket to see a major college bowl game plus all of the patriotic color and pageantry conducted before, during, and after the game. As an added incentive, a generous portion of the ticket revenue will go to the Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund.

Please come say thanks…and come be thanked! For more information, you can contact the Armed Forces Bowl at 817-810-0012 or visit www.armedforcesbowl.com, and they will assign the best seats available to you. Please come join us at the in Fort Worth at the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Saturday, December 31st at 11:00 .m.

See you at the game,
JERRY PATTERSON
Chairman, Texas Veterans Land Board

If you’ve never heard about the Texas Veteran Land Board, and you are a Texas vet, please you owe it to yourself to look into it. Let’s just say that Texas does well by its veterans.

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