{"id":308,"date":"2010-05-28T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T10:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?308"},"modified":"2010-05-28T10:59:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T10:59:41","slug":"chepstow-racecourse-events-planned-to-support-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/chepstow-racecourse-events-planned-to-support-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chepstow Racecourse events planned to support soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people from near and far will take part in a series of events at Chepstow Racecourse next month to mark British Armed Forces Day and to show support to those fighting in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities will take place as the brave boys and girls fighting in the Middle East receive packages from home with lots of treats and goodies for them, thisisbristol.co.uk reports.<\/p>\n<p>People keen to support soldiers can take part in the Thunder Rally weekend which begins on June 25th and will include military displays, music and motorcycle-based events.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers will also try and establish a video link with troops in Helmand Province so they can see how much everybody at home misses them.<\/p>\n<p>Denise Harris, founder of the Afghan Heroes charity, told the news provider that she is hopeful that the link will be established.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Having achieved our first aim of packing 10,000 boxes so that every single one of our troops in Afghanistan gets a parcel on Armed Forces Day, we are hoping to link up with Afghanistan on Saturday to see some of them delivered,&quot; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow (Saturday), troops from the Rifles Regiment will be granted Freedom of the Borough of Shropshire and will also be given specially-commissioned tiles as a thank you for doing their bit for Queen and country.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Simon Williams<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19808173-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19808173\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People from across the country will celebrate Armed Forces Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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