WABI advances hike to honor fallen service members
WABI (Channel 5) reported a hike and memorial ceremony to honor fallen service members from the University of Maine and surrounding communities will take place Saturday, Sept. 26. The Summit Project (TSP) event will remember service members with a walk from the Maine Veterans’ Home in Bangor to Alfond Stadium on the UMaine campus for the military appreciation football game against Rhode Island. As part of the event, hikers will carry engraved TSP memorial stones that have been donated by family members to represent their fallen loved ones. Members of the public are welcome to observe the event along the route, on campus or at the football game. The 8-mile walk begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to take about three hours. Spectators who wish to walk with the hikers may join the group starting in downtown Orono along Route 2 around 11:30 a.m. A memorial ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on the steps of Fogler Library.