Marine Corps League
Long Island Area
Sponsored by Optimum
9/11 5K Run & Walk
Information: ReillySJ@AOL.Com
Sunday 06 August 2006
Time: 0830
The United States Navy is constructing the USS New York to transport Marines with steel from the World Trade Center
Presented by: The Long Island Area Marine Corps League
Start Location: The field house at Eisenhower Park
T-Shirts: Quality Marine Corps/World Trade Center T-Shirt to all pre-registered 5 K runners and walkers by 31 July. Late & day of the race only while supplies last.
Raffles: One winner in each group (20 yr old and under, over 20 years and walker) will be awarded a Weekend in Washington D.C. and up to four tickets to the United States
5K Awards: Top 3 overall male and female; top 3 masters male and female. Top 3 finishers male and Female 12 and under, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-20, 21-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+
Cost: $20.00 for over 20 year old pre-registered and $25.00 on day of the race
$7.00 for 20 years old and under pre-registered and $25.00 on day of the race.
We hope this will allow more parents to run with their children.
Make checks out to Marine Corps League
Mail checks to: Marine Corps League 30 Fresh Pond Road Fort Salonga , New York 11768-1315
Number & Shirt pick up: The day of the race by the field house starting at 0700.
Information: ReillySJ@AOL.Com
Waiver: In consideration of the acceptance of my entry, I, the undersigned do hereby waive and release and for ever discharge and all rights and claims for damages which I may hereafter accrue to me while traveling to and from or participating in the Marine Corps League 5K 9/11 Run/Walk, against The Marine Corps League, The United States Marine Corps, Eisenhower Park, County Of Nassau and their respective police, fire and emergency agencies, or their respective officers, agents, representatives, or successors along with any sponsors supports and volunteers of said event, as a result of my participation in said 9/11 Run/Walk. I hereby attest and verify that I have full knowledge of the risks involved in participating in this event and I am physically fit and sufficiently trained to participate. The application warrants that my physical condition has been verified by a licensed medical doctor.
If signed by a parent, the parent agrees to release and hold the above named organizations and persons harmless of any claim which may asserted by or on the behalf of the entrant.
I have read the above statements, I understand, and my signature below confirms its full acceptance.
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The Marine Corps League was founded by An Act of the Seventy Fifty Congress of the United States and approved by the President on 04 August 1937. Major General John A. Lejeune the founding father of the MCL was appointed honorary national commandant.
The purposes shall be to preserve the traditions and to promote the interests of the United States Marine Corps.
On 31 July 1946 the Internal Revenue Service ruled that the MCL is exempt from Federal income tax.
On Long Island well over 1,000 Marines serve in the twelve detachments located from Brooklyn and Queens to the east end of Long Island. Membership is open to men and women who served or are serving honorably in the United States Marine Corps or as Navy Corpsman serving with the Marine Corps.
USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship, USS New York, has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship — designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat- ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft. Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, La., to cast the ship's bow section.
When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there.
"It was a spiritual moment for everybody there." Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up."
"It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? — 'Never Forget'
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship, USS New York, has already made history. It was built with
When it was poured into the molds on
"It was a spiritual moment for everybody there." Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up."
"It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? — 'Never Forget'
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