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Our Neighborhood Veterans
Tina Marie reeves
e-3 UniTed sTaTes Marine Corps
Tina was born and raised in
the Emmitsburg-Thurmont area
until she was seventeen years old,
then she joined the Marine Corps.
She met her husband, Keith, who
was also a marine at the time, and
they went on to have a daughter
they named, Kim. Tina, Keith,
and Kim reside in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, where Tina has been
Regional Commander of Nation of
Patriots Riders Club for the past
eight years. She raised $2,000 so far
this year and helped out with the
Flags for Vets, which is a non-profit
organization that helps Veterans
who want a flag pole in front of
their home but cannot afford to
put one up. Tina and the Patriot
Riders went with the Flags for Vets
group to Gallop, New Mexico, and
chipped in to surprise a Veteran
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by Jim Houck, Jr. him. Tina it would
called him be okay
to the to write
front and a piece
presented about
him with a her in my
check for column,
$2,025. again,
I talked and she
with said sure.
Tina’s The first
with a flag pole; her heart told her sister, column
it was the right thing to do. Tina Valerie, I wrote
set up the ride, which consisted one about
of about fifty riders. She called evening Tina can
the man, Philip, and asked him to when be found
meet them at the Comfort Suites at she was Pictured are Tina Marie Reeves and Jim Houck, Jr. in the
Gallop. Philip asked Tina what the tending archives
meeting was about; she told him bar at on The
they wanted to recognize people AMVETS Post 7 in Thurmont. Catoctin Banner website at www.
who supported Nation of Patriots. Valerie knew that Tina and I had thecatoctinbanner.com; just click on
The Comfort Suites is managed become friends when I interviewed October 2016 and go to page 36.
by Veterans and friendly to all her in 2016. She told me that Tina “Thank you, Tina,” and “Thank
Veterans and had helped the Riders was coming to the area and that you, Val!”
Club before. When Philip arrived, she would let me know when she Everyone, have a very Merry
they were all eating pizza; they arrived. “Please do,” I told Valerie. Christmas!
socialized for a while. Then, Tina “I really would like to see her God Bless the United States of
got up to give her speech about again.” I met Tina at AMVETS Post America, God Bless the American
“calling a Veteran this morning to 7 and talked with her. I asked her if Veteran, and God Bless You.
make sure he would show up, and
he said he would be here…” Tina W e Invite Y ou to Shar e Y our Good News!
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