GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile

GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile Race Information

<h5><span style="color:#000000">The third annual GTC <i>Memorial Day</i> Mile, renamed this year as GTC <em>Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile</em> will be held this coming Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026. The event pays tribute to our fallen service members, and to our first responders.</span></h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000">As a competitive 1-mile race, it is in good alignment with a national movement afoot - to <i>Bring Back the Mile - America&#39;s distance</i> (1-2). </span></h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000">Not as fast as you&#39;d like to be yet? No problem, all speeds are welcome.</span></h5> <h5> </h5> <h5> </h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000">John Hart</span><br /><span style="color:#000000">Race Director</span><br /><span style="color:#000000">Email: <a href="mailto:MDMdirector&#64;greenvilletrackclub.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MDMdirector&#64;greenvilletrackclub.com</a> </span></h5> <h5> </h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000"><b>References</b></span></h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000">1. Bring Back the Mile: America&#39;s Distance. Available at: <a href="https://www.bringbackthemile.com/home" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.bringbackthemile.com/home</a>  </span></h5> <h5><span style="color:#000000">2. NPR. A Campaign To Bring Back &#39;America&#39;s Distance&#39;: The 1-Mile Race. Available at: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/06/06/319512432/a-campaign-to-bring-back-americas-distance-the-1-mile-race" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/2014/06/06/319512432/a-campaign-to-bring-back-americas-distance-the-1-mile-race</a> </span></h5> <h6> </h6> <h6><span style="color:#000000">The plane in the photo above is part of a memorial in Cleveland Park in Greenville, South Carolina honoring Major Rudolf Anderson Jr., United States Air Force for his service and ultimate sacrifice during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). Major Anderson, from Greenville, SC, was the only combat casualty during the standoff, and is credited with saving the lives of millions, as explained by historians here:   </span></h6> <h6><span style="color:#000000">How the death of a U.S. Air Force pilot prevented a nuclear war. History. Available at:  <a href="https://www.history.com/news/the-cuban-missile-crisis-pilot-whose-death-may-have-saved-millions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.history.com/news/the-cuban-missile-crisis-pilot-whose-death-may-have-saved-millions</a> </span></h6>