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Patriot Day cleanup event at Rock Island Arsenal

September 1, 2025

Yahoo! News

By: Sharon Wren

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (Yahoo! News) – Volunteers are needed to clean headstones and grounds at national cemeteries across the country, including at the Rock Island Arsenal.

Thousands of volunteers are needed to tidy up national cemeteries on September 11 as a part of Carry The Load’s annual Patriot Day Event. Volunteers will be at the Rock Island Arsenal from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. to clean headstones and surrounding grounds. Click here to register

Carry The Load’s mission is to honor military and first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice. The nonprofit hosts volunteer events each Memorial Day, Patriot Day and Veterans Day to provide active ways to honor and remember the nation’s heroes by connecting Americans to the sacrifices made by military and first responder communities.

Patriot Day honors those who died in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia and aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was taken down in Pennsylvania. It also recognizes the sacrifices made in the aftermath, including the 343 New York City firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, as well as the hundreds of first responders and support staff who have since died from post-9/11-related illnesses.

“Patriot Day is a powerful reminder of the courage and sacrifice shown by our first responders and military on 9/11 and beyond,” said Stephen Holley, co-founder, president and CEO of Carry The Load and veteran U.S. Navy SEAL. “By coming together to serve our communities and honor stories of the fallen, we ensure their legacy lives on, and we remind ourselves that freedom is never free.”

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