BUILDING BLOCKS
Tue, 2016-06-14 05:00
News Staff
Annual gala raises funds for Mounted Warrior Museum
By LYNETTE SOWELL
Cove Leader-Press
In the skies above SC River Ranch in Oakalla Saturday evening, members of the Liberty Jump Team leaped from a World War II-era C-47 to kick off the Homecoming For Heroes II gala, hosted by the Mounted Warfare Foundation.
The ranch’s barn was filled with tables as several hundred turned out to show their support for the fundraiser which pulled in more than $35,000 in auction sales alone, which will go toward phase I construction of the future Mounted Warfare Museum.
Fort Hood has donated 68 acres for the museum, with a tentative ground breaking date of 2019. The projected cost for phase I is around $37.7 million. Prior to Saturday night, approximately $18.1 million has been raised via fundraisers and donations.