Project America Run Coming Through Carroll CountyBy Craig Lang - Prairie Advocate NewsA former Rock Falls, Illinois native now living in Idaho, Mike Ehredt began a massive undertaking on May 1st of this year. Ehredt, a retired postal clerk and an Army veteran, touched the wheel of his jogger stroller into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon and began an epic 4,514-mile journey across the United States to honor and remember service members lost in Iraq. He is currently placing flags that hold a yellow ribbon bearing the name, rank, service, age and hometown of those whose dreams and ambitions were taken so quickly from us. The flags are being placed each mile along the roads he is traveling in reverse chronological order by date of death, until the very last flag is placed on the shores of the Atlantic at Rockland, Maine. This is a personal tribute, a silent memorial for those who have served with dignity and honor and whose sacrifice will never be forgotten. He is currently, as of the writing of this article, coming up the Iowa side of the Mississippi River, to cross the river at Dubuque, Iowa and later this week will be making his way down the Illinois side, coming through Hanover, Savanna, Milledgeville and Rock Falls. He currently travels about thirty miles a day and stays with a host family overnight. You can follow his progress and learn more about this great excursion at http://projectamericarun.com. Look for more information, photos and video in the August 25 edition of the Prairie Advocate News and www.pacc-news.com.
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