By Raven Van Pelt

On August 26th, at Hwy 17 Roadhouse Tavern in Yulee, the Tour of Duty Charity Concert was held to help raise money for The Veterans Aide Foundation, Inc. This supports our troops returning from War!

The events started at 2 pm going until 9:30 pm with five bands that included Methuselah Bone, Tourn, Blistur, Black Creek Ri’zin and SwampDaWamp. ‎Bubba Strickland made a special appearance and Clint McFarland from Black Creek Ri’zin did an awesome job as the emcee.

In between band changes, auction items, raffle drawings, including a 50/50 raffle and a POW/MIA Ceremony with a 21 Gun Salute were held. Food was available during the concert thanks to Murray’s Grille with $2.50 from every plate being donated to Veterans’ charity!

Plenty of bike parking was available, as well as, a Blessing of the Bikes performed by Preacher. All in all, this event had a huge turn out to honor our vets, a giant thank you to all those who helped make this event possible and to Mike and Laura, owners of Hwy 17 for hosting this event. We also want to thank Roy and his wife, from Mind Ride Cycles, for all their help, and of course, Roy, Jody, Paul and Kevin for helping with the new stage. We were all honored to be a part of this and hope to join in again if possible next year.