BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hattiesburg Events//Community Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Salute Red\, White\, and Blue X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d309e586-b786-4a2c-9040-3b16c3ca5942@hattiesburg-events DTSTAMP:20261018T004316Z CREATED:20261017T210729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261017T210729Z SEQUENCE:0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T110000 SUMMARY:Salute Red\, White\, and Blue DESCRIPTION:Events:\n- 11 Miler (11 Miles) at 8:00 AM\, $55\n- 11K at 8:00 AM\, $45\n- 5K at 8:00 AM\, $35\n\nFreedom Isn't Free - Earn Every Mile\n\ nSalute Red White & Blue will start and finish in Hattiesburg\, Mississipp i at Camp Shelby in front of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum (Building \, 850 Forrest Ave W\, Hattiesburg\, MS 39407).\n\nAthletes can choose to run or walk the challenging 11 mile course\, the 11K course\, or the 5K co urse. All three courses will be on paved roads.\n\nAll finishers will earn a medallion/medal.\n\nSchedule of events:\n\nThe race starts this Saturda y\, Nov. 8th at 8:00 am in front of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum\, 850 Forrest Ave W\, Hattiesburg\, MS 39407.\n\nHere is the race day schedu le:\n\n6:30-7:30 am packet pick up\n\n7:35 am group photo of all the parti cipants in front of the museum where it has MS Armed Forces Museum letters on the building\n\n7:40-7:45am all distances line up at the starting line (fast runners up front\, then party pace runners\, and lastly all walkers . Ruckers may line up where they feel will adequately put them in the righ t pace placement).\n\n7:45- 7:59am - opening ceremony with opening remarks \, prayer\, flag presentation\, and the national anthem\n\n8:00 am - race start with the blast of a cannon\n\n10:00 am awards for 5K and 11K\n\n10:3 0 ish awards for 11 Miler\n\n*Must be present to get your award or have so meone get it for you at the awards ceremony. Awards will not be shipped.\n \nPACKET PICK UP:\n\nWe have three chances for you to grab your packet for race day:\n\nWednesday at Fleet Feet Hattiesburg - 2902 Hardy St Suite 12 0\, Hattiesburg\, MS 39401\n\n4-6:00pm\n\nFriday at Camp Shelby - South Ga te Armory is located at 471 Southgate Road. This is right before you enter the South Gate on your right hand side. There will be a Kinda Gritty flag in the parking lot unless it is too windy.\n\n4-6:00pm\n\nSaturday at Cam p Shelby - South Gate Armory is located at 471 Southgate Road. This is rig ht before you enter the South Gate on your right hand side. There will be a Kinda Gritty flag in the parking lot unless it is too windy.\n\n6:30-7:3 0 am\n\nPACKET PICK UP WILL CLOSE AT 7:30 am on Saturday as the volunteers will need time to get to the start line along with our athletes.\n\nENTER ING CAMP SHELBY:\n\nGetting on base at Camp Shelby will be easy for our at hletes. YOUR bib number is your entrance into the SOUTH GATE.\n\nIf you ha ve family and friends coming with you and riding in the same car\, they wi ll be able to enter by YOU showing your bib number at the gate.\n\nIf they are coming separately\, they will need to stop at the visitor center\, wh ich is a small brown building to the right before entering the gate. They must show a valid ID and get vetted by the visitor center. Then and only t hen will they be able to enter Camp Shelby.\n\nThe guard at the gate will direct you towards the parking area along with volunteers stationed on the roads.\n\nThe parking lot is about a 5 minute walk to the start line so p lan accordingly.\n\nFinish Line Party:\n\nThe Finisher's party is on the p arade field at the finish line.\n\nWe will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs for our athletes and have chips and an array of beverages.\n\nThere w ill be a POP UP bar compliments of Southern Beverage will alcoholic bevera ges. YOU MUST BE 21 to drink the adult beverages.\n\nFamily and friends ar e welcome to enjoy the finisher's party with you. However\, the food and b everages are just for the athletes so make sure your family plans accordin gly.\n\nAdditional Information:\n\nThe parade field is a BIG open grass fi eld so please feel free to bring a towel\, blanket\, or chair.\n\n*The mus eum is free to all including friends and family and will open at 9:00 am.\ n\n**Please note\, we will be marking courses\, manning packet pick ups\, and setting up for race day starting Wednesday\, Nov. 5th so if you have a questions PLEASE REFER TO THE WEBSITE or PHONE A FRIEND.\n\nThis race sup ports the Mississippi Youth ChalleNGe Academy at Camp Shelby.\n\nThe Youth Challenge Program is a program for at-risk youth run by the National Guar d of the United States (which is why the NG in ChalleNGe is either: Capita lized\, Italicized\, Bolded or all of the above)\, which consists of Youth ChalleNGe Academies (known as YCA's) in each participating state. The sta ted mission of the Youth Challenge Program is "to intervene in and reclaim the lives of at-risk youth to produce program graduates with the values\, skills\, education and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults." T he program accepts 16- to 18-year-old male and female high school dropouts who are drug-free and not in trouble with the law. The program lasts for 17½ months. The first 5½ months are part of the quasi-military Residenti al Phase. The last 12 months are part of the Post-Residential Phase. Most participants will earn their GED or a high school diploma by the end of th eir Residential Phase.\n\nThe program is one of many programs administered by the National Guard Bureau that address leadership\, life skills\, and physical training.\n\nSee YOU at Camp Shelby on 11-8-26.\n\nOriginal listi ng: https://runsignup.com/Race/MS/Hattiesburg/SaluteRedWhiteAndBlue\n\nDet ails: https://hattiesburg.events/events/d309e586-b786-4a2c-9040-3b16c3ca59 42 LOCATION:Building 80\, Hattiesburg\, MS 39407 CATEGORIES:Sports URL:https://hattiesburg.events/events/d309e586-b786-4a2c-9040-3b16c3ca5942 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR