Heroes Defense: Ways to Honor Patriots' Day
09/19/24 • 33 min
Every year on September 11th and the days leading up to it we are reminded of the horror and terror reigned upon our country in 2001. How do we give honor to the day and those who lost their lives and sacrificed to save others without giving in to that terror? Travis Snowder, the founder of Heroes Defense in Idaho Falls shares how his organization is bringing a memorial to Eastern Idaho as well as ways you can memorialize the heroism of that day.
Every year on September 11th and the days leading up to it we are reminded of the horror and terror reigned upon our country in 2001. How do we give honor to the day and those who lost their lives and sacrificed to save others without giving in to that terror? Travis Snowder, the founder of Heroes Defense in Idaho Falls shares how his organization is bringing a memorial to Eastern Idaho as well as ways you can memorialize the heroism of that day.
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