Here is the text of an e-mail I received from one of our city council members regarding the death of a soldier from Elk Grove. I was asked to disseminate as widely as possible:
Dear Fellow Elk Grove Citizen:
As all of you know, we lost one of our own with the death of Sgt. Bryan Hall who was killed in Iraq. CCSD Fire Chief Steve Foster is coordinating a tribute as Sgt. Hall comes home and has asked that we help him get the message out into the community.
The CCSD Fire Department will transport Sgt. Hall on a fire engine from executive airport on Sunday morning. Chief Foster is asking that, we as fellow citizens, line Elk Grove Blvd. to pay tribute to Sgt. Hall. The procession will on the Elk Grove Blvd. near the fire station by 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 19th with a 50 vehicle procession. Chief Foster will be also be coordinating the flags that morning.
Please forward this email on to everyone on your email list and let’s do what we do best in Elk Grove, come together to honor one of our own.
Sincerely,
Connie Conley
If you are in Elk Grove or the greater Sacramento area, please join us tomorrow morning at 11:30 on EGB near Elk Grove-Florin Road for the procession to the Elk Grove Mortuary. This family has expressed an interest in having their son’s sacrifice acknowledged publicly and would be comforted by the hero’s welcome that both they and SSG Hall deserve.