Fellow American,

You know me best as the former head football coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the South Carolina Gamecocks.

But before I led six different college football programs to bowl games, I served in the military, like my father before me.

I love this country. I love our freedom. And I love our way of life.

Yet too often, we take America's blessings for granted and forget the supreme sacrifice of our fallen heroes -- men and women in the military who fought and died for our freedom.

This year, my friends at the American Veterans Center are again hosting the National Memorial Day Parade...the LARGEST Memorial Day event in America, with more than 5,000 veterans and service members marching in Washington, D.C.

Will you help honor America's fallen heroes at this year's National Memorial Day Parade by sending a tax-deductible donation of $25, $50, $75, $150, $250, or more today?

If you've ever attended, watched on TV, or heard about this parade before, then you know that it is America's most spectacular and beloved Memorial Day celebration.

Greeting troops at the 2019 Memorial Day Parade

The National Memorial Day Parade brings together more than 5,000 veterans and service members to march in the event.

It welcomes more than 200,000 patriotic Americans to the live event on Constitution Avenue in D.C.

And it records and broadcasts this special and exciting ceremony for millions more.

But the American Veterans Center can only put on this important event with YOUR help.

Please join me in supporting this year's National Memorial Day Parade with your gift of $25, $50, $75, $150, $250, or more today. If you ask me, that's a small price to pay to properly honor those who died defending our country, freedom, and way of life.

Fellow American, like many Americans, I grew up in a family of military service.

My father served in World War II and fought in the Battle of Midway, Iwo Jima, and many of the other major battles in the Pacific.

He was one of the lucky ones who returned home, while many of his brothers-in-arms did not.

Because of my father's sacrifices and the values he taught me, I joined the Army where I served as an Army Field Artillery Officer.

I learned so many lessons in the military which became the foundation of everything I did in life.

But I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do what I love -- coach football for 44 years -- if it weren't for the brave men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion and died for our freedom to do what we love.

I know you haven't forgotten these heroes' sacrifice.

And neither have my friends at the American Veterans Center, who work every day to protect the legacy of those who served our country.

That's why I'm asking for your immediate support of $25, $50, $75, $150, $250, or more to make possible this year's National Memorial Day Parade -- the largest Memorial Day event in America.

I wouldn't ask for your help if the American Veterans Center didn't need it.

And I wouldn't ask for your support of the National Memorial Day Parade if I didn't think it was so important to our nation's heroes.

Your gift today will help the American Veterans Center bring the National Memorial Day Parade back to its full scale for the first time since the pandemic ... and it will ensure the American Veterans Center can continue its important year-round work of recording veterans' stories and educating the public and our young people about their service.

Fellow American, I'm counting on you to help the American Veterans Center host this year's National Memorial Day Parade with your tax-deductible gift of $25, $50, $75, $150, $250, or more today.

Only you know how much you are able to give, and every dollar you can contribute will make a difference for this important cause.

I hope to hear from you today -- please make your urgently needed gift now.

Warmest regards,

Coach Lou Holtz