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.
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