{"id":28193,"date":"2022-11-11T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?p=28193"},"modified":"2024-03-14T08:40:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:40:44","slug":"deeper-roots-episode-6-jordan-briskey-vietnam-war-memorial-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/deeper-roots-episode-6-jordan-briskey-vietnam-war-memorial-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Deeper Roots: Episode 6 &#8211; Jordan Briskey &#8211; Vietnam War Memorial Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deeper Roots | Episode 6: The Patriot\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WtpBkzkUEQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, Trevor Thomas &amp; the Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet crew head west to La Crosse to speak with Jordan Briskey, a 21-year-old college student whose patriotism and care for our Vietnam veterans as a 15-year-old at Holmen High School, led him down a 6-year path of grassroots fundraising to build a local Vietnam War Memorial in Veteran&#8217;s Freedom Park to pay tribute to our fallen Wisconsin heroes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan was only 15 years old when he set out to create a Vietnam war memorial at Veteran&#8217;s Freedom Park, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. 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