WASHINGTON — Truckload Carriers Association executives on Wednesday deemed successful the Fourth Annual Wreaths Across America Charitable Gala, which raised $75,155 to support the logistics for delivering hundreds of thousands of wreath to place on the graves of veterans December 17 and raised an additional $150,000 to support WAA’s overall mission.
Keynote speaker Taya Kyle, FOX News Channel contributor, author and veterans’ activist, brought many in the audience to tears as she described how her husband Chris Kyle, a U.S. Navy SEAL, died trying to help another veteran and how her family managed to survive the tragedy.
Kyle is the widow of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and co-author of “American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal,” that details her husband’s services to his country, his murder and her struggles in the weeks and months following the tragedy.
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Keynote speaker Taya Kyle, FOX News Channel contributor, author and veterans’ activist, brought many in the audience to tears as she described how her husband Chris Kyle, a U.S. Navy SEAL, died trying to help another veteran and how her family managed to survive the tragedy.
Kyle is the widow of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and co-author of “American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal,” that details her husband’s services to his country, his murder and her struggles in the weeks and months following the tragedy.
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