Gold Star 500 Rides Again to Preserve the Memories of Fallen Service Members
•September 13, 2023•
Gold Star Mission’s 510-mile Gold Star 500 endurance bicycle ride will pass through Central and Southern Illinois from Sept. 19-23 with the goal of ensuring we ‘Always Remember, Never Forget’ the sacrifices of our fallen Illinois service members and their families.
“We are so grateful for the support of the communities. Our mission of remembering our fallen and supporting our Gold Star families is important to the people of Illinois and they show their support at all of our stops,” said Barry Tobias, President of Gold Star Mission. The ride is scheduled to end during Gold Star Family weekend just before Gold Star Mothers’ Day on Sunday, Sept. 24.
Gold Star Mission uses funds raised through the Gold Star 500 and other events throughout the year to award scholarships in honor of Illinois’ nearly 300 service members who have fallen since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In addition, they are producing professional videos as part of the Fallen Heroes History Project to remember each fallen service member. The seven videos produced so far can be found at www.goldstarmission.org/fhhp.php