THE THIRD ANNUAL GTC _MEMORIAL DAY_ MILE, RENAMED THIS YEAR AS GTC _MEMORIAL DAY - HONOR TOWER MILE_ WILL BE HELD THIS COMING MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026. THE EVENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AS A COMPETITIVE 1-MILE RACE, IT IS IN GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AFOOT - TO _BRING BACK THE MILE - AMERICA'S DISTANCE_ (1-2).

NOT AS FAST AS YOU'D LIKE TO BE YET? NO PROBLEM, ALL SPEEDS ARE WELCOME.





JOHN HART
RACE DIRECTOR
EMAIL: MDMDIRECTOR@GREENVILLETRACKCLUB.COM



REFERENCES

1. BRING BACK THE MILE: AMERICA'S DISTANCE. AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BRINGBACKTHEMILE.COM/HOME [https://www.bringbackthemile.com/home]

2. NPR. A CAMPAIGN TO BRING BACK 'AMERICA'S DISTANCE': THE 1-MILE RACE. AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.NPR.ORG/2014/06/06/319512432/A-CAMPAIGN-TO-BRING-BACK-AMERICAS-DISTANCE-THE-1-MILE-RACE [https://www.npr.org/2014/06/06/319512432/a-campaign-to-bring-back-americas-distance-the-1-mile-race]



THE PLANE IN THE PHOTO ABOVE IS PART OF A MEMORIAL IN CLEVELAND PARK IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA HONORING MAJOR RUDOLF ANDERSON JR., UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR HIS SERVICE AND ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (1962). MAJOR ANDERSON, FROM GREENVILLE, SC, WAS THE ONLY COMBAT CASUALTY DURING THE STANDOFF, AND IS CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS, AS EXPLAINED BY HISTORIANS HERE:

HOW THE DEATH OF A U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT PREVENTED A NUCLEAR WAR. HISTORY. AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.HISTORY.COM/NEWS/THE-CUBAN-MISSILE-CRISIS-PILOT-WHOSE-DEATH-MAY-HAVE-SAVED-MILLIONS [https://www.history.com/news/the-cuban-missile-crisis-pilot-whose-death-may-have-saved-millions]