Haymarket Earth Day + Spring Festival

The town of Haymarket hosted the Annual Earth Day Celebration and Spring Festival this April.  Serve Our Willing Warriors had a booth at the event, which was located close to the infamous Cupcake Heaven of our old town. The rich history in this small town is absolutely compelling.

Serve Our Willing Warriors booth in downtown Haymarket VA

True or False: Our town of Haymarket is often referred to as "the crossroads: in the 1700's.”

TRUE!

Many of the historical buildings you see standing in the town of Haymarket have been standing there for three or more centuries. Now, during the transition into the technological era of the 21st century, the town is more important to local commerce than ever.  Yet, just a stone's throw away from the farms of Virginia's "horse country," the town takes great pride in preserving its historical buildings and even more importantly, its greenery and hillsides. And from this appreciation, the Annual Earth Day Celebration was born!

And don't we live in such a grand city?

the cutest little Haymarket residents enjoying a ice cone on this beautiful day!

Everyone was reveling in the beauty of the day like a bear awakening to a beautiful spring day after a long winter's hibernation. The beautiful weather brought out the most beautiful flowers. And you better believe that the great weather also brought out some of the most beautiful bikes!!... Motorcycles that is. 

rough riders for wounded warriors!

Tom Roselius promoting the Motorycle Poker Ride to an observer

the most rad and patriotic logo and headband to match

The SOWW team united their powers behind the booth to promote and inform everyone about our upcoming Motorcycle Poker Ride to benefit the renovation work now underway at the Bull Run Warrior Retreat.  The Retreat is located a few miles north of downtown Haymarket on Waterfall road and so we had a number of spectators who became openly interested in getting a tour of the property and donating towards the cause.

The best part of the day was simply being able to use the event to bring awareness to our neighboring community about what is going on right in their back yards! And remember, this is your back yard too. Don't be shy! We welcome anyone to come by and get a tour of the property.  In fact, please stop by the Retreat’s next Open House on June 8 from 1 – 3 p.m.   Just send us an email at info@willingwarriors.org to let us know you are coming.