For the fifth year in a row, Gary and his good friend Joe Mantegna hosted the National Memorial Day Concert.  Gary shared a few of his experiences that day via twitpic (click here).

 Photograph from Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff’s photostream.

On May 31st, Gary participated in the National Memorial Day Parade.  Below is a photo of Gary waving from the float, but check out Gary’s own coverage of the day on twitpic.

Photograph by SCBusnell

Gary at Washington, D.C. World War II Memorial Wreath ceremony on Monday, May 31st:

Photograph by Smata2

Photograph by Smata2

Below are a few links to interviews with Gary published in various media outlets over the Memorial Day weekend:

• Fox Fan Central Catches up with Gary Sinise
• Gary Sinise: We Can’t Forget; We Just Can’t Forget
• My Favorite Weekend: Gary Sinise

C-SPAN recently aired the Celebration of the USO forum which was held on April 26th at the George Bush Presidential Library Center.  Hosted by George H. Bush, the event celebrated the USO and its role in lifting the spirits of America’s men and women in uniform and their families.  Panelists other than Gary included Mayra Veronica, Army Major General Jeff Hammond, and USO President Sloan Gibson.  Video of the forum is available on C-SPAN.org: Celebration of the USO. 

Also, below is a photograph of Gary at the Operation Support Our Troops-Illinois (OSOTIL) kickoff in early May courtesy of Wayne Brzycki (and a few from previous concerts).  Gary’s appearance at Navistar’s headquarters in Warrenville helped kickoff the ticket sales for the annual Rockin’ for the Troops concert, now in its fifth year.  Read more here. 

Gary Sinise at OSOTIL Kickoff 2010

Everyone in uniform appreciates a note of thanks: 

  Rockin’ for the Troops 2009                                Rockin’ for the Troops 2008

Many thanks to Wayne Brzycki for sharing his photographs!

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While in Kansas City for the Operation International Children  fundraiser this evening, Gary stopped by the OIC warehouse to help out and thank volunteers from all across the country for their hardwork.  Glenda Cain,  representing Illinois Operation Homefront, was on hand, and she shares this photo from earlier today:

Many thanks to Glenda for photo and to all the OIC volunteers for their hard work!

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Gary stopped by the Fender 2010 Showcase currently underway in Anaheim, CA and chatted with Tony Franklin:

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In October 2009, Gary was honored by the Iraq Star Foundation, at their Night for Stars benefit.  The foundation is a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive surgery to American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan wars and is funded entirely by public donations.   

In conjunction with the event, TLC’s American Chopper:OCC  was asked to build a bike to benefit the foundation.  The video just below includes comments from Gary, a few scenes from the show and clips from the charity event! Watch to see Gary (and Moira) and pay close attention — sale of the bike raised $100K for the foundation!

The entire American Chopper episode (which aired in December 2009) is available at Amazon.com.

For anyone in the New York City area this week, a reliable source shares that CSI:NY is shooting at the Battery Park Heliport on Tuesday.  The time is unknown but probably a.m.  Gary should be there, but please keep in mind things like this are always subject to change.

On June 10th Gary joined the Operation Gratitude volunteers at the National Guard Armory in Van Nuys to assemble care packages and send greetings of love and respect to U.S. service members deployed overseas.

Operation Gratitude is the California-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer organization that annually sends 100,000+ care packages of snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions such as Iraq and Afghanistan and on Naval ships at sea.   Its mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member’s face and to express the appreciation and support of the American people.  Since its inception in March 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 450,000 packages to American military deployed overseas.

Below are a few photographs of Gary with volunteers and service members taken during his visit (click on photos to enlarge).

To see all the photographs of Gary’s visit and to learn more about the efforts of Operation Gratitude, please visit their website: click here,

Gary was on location in New York City last week and thanks to the generosity of ny_odyssey over at LiveJournal, we have permission to share these excellent photos:

Thanks again to ny_odyssey!

Just some links to photos that TGFs will enjoy.

Gary golfing at Thousand Oaks Golf Tournament in June. Click for pics

Gary visiting the USS Ronald Reagan July 6th: Click for pics

According to Bill Zweker’s column in the Sun Times, Gary and the Lt. Dan Band grabbed dinner and a few wardrobe accessories at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. at the Navy Pier Saturday, October 14th before their concert later that evening at the USO gala. (If anyone was fortunate enough to attend the gala, we would love to hear about it.)

If you haven’t been to a concert yet or you just gotta have more, the band starts November with two shows in California and another in Missouri. On Saturday, November 4th, they perform at the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, and the following night, November 5th, they play the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano.

Later that week, the band travels to Kansas City, Missouri for a Friday night show at the Uptown Theatre to raise funds for Operation Iraqi Children. For more information see Benefit Concert

For further details about the upcoming concerts and other Lt. Dan Band news, check out the fresh new look of the band’s website here. Don’t miss the Galllery with teriffic photos from recent shows!