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Truck of Honor featured in Big Rig Truck Show

Posted August 18th, 2011

 

The Truck Of Honor will be Displayed

 Downtown Eau Claire 

 

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The Truck of Honor will be displayed in downtown Eau Claire as part of the Eau Claire Big Rig Truck Show.

  

The Truck Of Honor is a rolling memorial which salutes the men and women in the Armed Forces and those who gave their lives on 9/11.

 

The names of all of the first responders or firefighters who gave their lives in the Twin Towers are found on the bulkhead of the trailer.

 
On the left front side are the names of the police and port authority officers who also made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11.
 
On the right side, the mural includes the Twin Towers and a monument to honor the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
 
The rear of the trailer is a mural of soldiers serving in Iraq.

 

To learn more abou the Truck of Honor click here.
To learn more about the Eau Claire Big Rig Truck Show click here.
 

Thank you to RCU and the E.C. Big Rig Truck Show for helping to bring this rig downtown.