A military veteran known nationally for saluting during motorcycle rides made an appearance in Middletown Township earlier this week.
Tim Chambers, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, is known as the “The Saluting Marine” for standing amid motorcycles during major rides and saluting. He came to Buck County Sunday for the “Ride for the Fallen” that raised money to benefit the Lower Bucks County Vietnam Veterans Memorial fund.
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The ride started at Stars and Stripes Harley-Davidson in Middletown Township and went to the Bucks County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Doylestown Borough before returning to Lower Bucks County.
The planned Lower Bucks County memorial is being designed by Abbe Godwin. The finished memorial at Middletown Veterans’ Memorial Park on Veterans Highway will be 10-foot-by-10-foot and 5 to 6 feet tall. It will feature a black granite block that will list 95 soldiers who were killed and 1 still missing in action from around Lower Bucks County. A second panel will display renderings of the insignias of the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as the Vietnam War service ribbon. A bronze sculpture of a Vietnam War soldier will be placed in front of the wall.
The memorial is expected to be completed by September.
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The $250,000 cost of the Lower Bucks County memorial is being funded through state and local grants and community fundraisers. Donations can be made online.
Credit: Darryl Rule/LevittownNow.com
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