He was so upset that veterans weren’t being honored on Veterans Day. Without the services of our veterans, we would not have the freedoms we do today. “It was through one of these visits that Preston met a veteran who had to give up his dog when he moved into the Veterans home and the dog was in Oregon so he wasn’t even able to visit him. He started raising money for the flags and flowers immediately by asked how much money he could get if he vacuumed the floors.That night, Preston set a goal to place a flag and flower on the graves of each of those veterans at McDonald’s cemetery, in Redding CA but that goal quickly grew to include other Redding area cemeteries and grew to include cemeteries in all surrounding counties. Preston has now expanded his goal to honor veterans in every state. Veterans fought for our freedoms and risked their lives whether or not we realized it or appreciated it. He says that you have to say the veterans name out loud because a veterans name not said out loud is a veteran forgotten. PO Box 493792. According to the GoFundMe site, “being a normal ten-year-old he continued to verbalize his irritation throughout the day, so I eventually advised him that ‘You can’t complain about something unless you try to do something about it,'” Preston’s mother wrote.

The then 10-year-old Preston Sharp noticed the lack of flags or flowers on the graves to honor local veterans. On Facebook, Preston has listed his motto: “Honor veterans every day and not just on a holiday.”That’s a sentiment that the boy lives out despite his young age. Witting is quoted on Preston’s website as saying, “To have a boy at that age, to do what he is doing and to take me under his wing and my dog is just amazing. “So far Preston has met his goals of honoring veterans in Redding, Shasta County and he fulfilled his goal of reaching Sacramento during the summer of 2017,” the site explains. 92 talking about this. Redding boy Preston Sharp honored by Trump at State of Union speech. “Tim Witting, 71, is a Vietnam veteran. Preston Sharp, a 12-year-old boy from Redding, California, is being honored at the State of the Union address for his national effort to place flowers and flags on veterans’ graves. Preston even told his mom that his Christmas wish was not to get the laptop that he had been asking for but to adopt a veteran’s dog so that the veteran could still see the dog whenever he wanted. “That night Preston set a goal to honor every veteran at the McDonald cemetery in Redding with the placement of a flag and a flower. He moved into the home a few months ago after his health was deteriorating. Preston’s response “was a look of conviction and the words ‘I’m going to do something about it Mom! - Preston Sharp Check out Preston's full website at prestonsharp.net The story of Preston honoring veterans began on Veterans Day 2015, when he visited his grandfather’s grave at a Redding, California, cemetery to place a flag and flowers in memorial to his grandfather’s service in the US Navy. “For his goal of honoring veterans in all 50 states he has visited cemeteries in California, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and Florida. Redding, CA 96049. veteransflagsflowers@gmail.com.

Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. What's next for Preston Sharp, Redding's most popular 12-year-old. “If you come out to help, Preston has specific expectations. Every time I told Preston that there was no more money for the flags and artificial carnations, he told me not to worry and to schedule him to talk in front of a group.Preston made a goal of Honoring every towns veteran’s from Redding to Sacramento CA, this goal was accomplished last summer. “Young patriots like Preston teach all of us about our civic duty as Americans,” the president said. “A challenge for those across the United States, and other countries where US Service men and women are buried, to go out with a US Flag and a flower and THANK a veteran for their service.”Preston is making progress toward his goal. Using social media, word of Preston’s effort and goal spread and the Sunday visits to McDonalds cemetery began to draw other community members, some from more than 60 miles away,” the GoFundMe site explains.A project involving a single cemetery quickly spread and now encompasses a national movement. Preston started his project Veterans Day 2015. Jim Schultz/Record Searchlight Preston Sharp visits the grave of his grandfather, George Sharp, Thursday at Redding …

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