Defend Freedom Tour Opening Comments & Anthem - Orlando

Concerned Veterans for America & the patriotic rock-band Madison Rising are hitting the road to galvanize Americans to take action in defense of freedom. The 10-city tour brought together veterans, military families, and patriotic Americans to share great music, great food, great speakers…and a message of action. The DefendFreedom Summer Tour 2014 will features powerful speakers who fully understand the cost of freedom, and why we must fight for it. Speakers include Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, New York Times best-selling author and decorated Army Ranger Sean Parnell, Navy SEAL Gold Star mother Karen Vaughn, and CVA CEO and Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth. Who is Concerned Veterans for America? We are veterans. We are the family members of those who proudly wore the uniform. We come from every branch of uniformed service, with service histories stretching from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. Our goal is to translate the experience, concerns, and hopes of our fellow veterans and their families into a common vision of freedom and prosperity. Our website is www.cv4a.org CVA has full-time staff and volunteers all across the country who have worked countless hours to promote and defend values and positions that matter to veterans, and all Americans. This tour is designed to enable CVA to both reward hard working volunteers and an opportunity to build new relationships—all in the service of veterans and the freedom they fought to defend. Back from the battlefield, veterans and their families must defend freedom for future generations—a task Washington, DC cannot seem to manage. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?