THE THIRD ANNUAL GTC _MEMORIAL DAY_ MILE, NOW RENAMED _MEMORIAL DAY - HONOR TOWER MILE_ WILL BE HELD THIS COMING MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026.

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

THE EVENT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES OUR FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS ON MEMORIAL DAY FOR THEIR SACRIFICE IN PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES. THE RACE ALSO RECOGNIZES ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.



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]