By SCOTT TADY | Beaver County Times | Published: April 21, 2021
BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — With a 40-pound weighted backpack slung over his shoulders, U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Linkous will walk 26.2-miles around Beaver County on Saturday.
His "Mountain Man Memorial March" will support Gold Star Families and help preserve the legacies of fallen military heroes.
"I don't care if anyone knows my name," Linkous, stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia, said Monday in a phone interview. "I just want to make people more aware of Legacies Alive and have families in Beaver County come together to heal."
Legacies Alive, a national nonprofit with a Beaver County chapter, provides unwavering support to Gold Star Families, a title reserved for immediate families of military members who died in the line of duty.