MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An annual event continues to help veterans around the region. Saturday was the annual Veterans Helping Veterans Car and Truck Show.
Several trucks, muscle cars, and specialty vehicles crowded part of the field at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. The event is hosted by members of the P.L. Wilson Marine Corps League. They raise money every year to distribute to different veteran service organizations.
“You know, freedom is not free, and we veterans are, we’re still fighting. We’re still healthy,” PL Wilson Marine Corps League Commandant Tom Clayton said. “We also we don’t want to forget our first responders that’ll be another group that we recognize here today. We can’t forget our police department. We can’t forget our fire department. We can’t forget our sheriff’s department. They’re veterans, too. We just don’t normally accept them as that.”…