gold star mom

gold star mom

New tonight at nine---for one tri-state family--this weekend carries*a lot of importance.

Only on 44news-- jake thomas spoke with a gold star mother---who will be sharing the story of her son this memorial day--at one of nascar's holiday races.

To some, memorial day is just a day off work, but for cathy mullins, the gold star mother of a son who passed away while serving in afghanistan, the day is much more.?this day is to remember brandon.

To remember his life.

To celebrate his life.

It to remember all those that have paid that sacrifice so we can have this freedom that we so enjoy.

Freedom is not free.

Without the shedding of blood there no freedom, and that really sad, but that the way it been throughout history?

Mullins son passed away 9 years ago, and as memorial day comes tomorrow, nascar wanted to honor cathy and her son for their race on monday.?fans are not allowed in the stands.

I was asked to send in a video, and they were going to air me singing the national anthem at nascar for tomorrow race on memorial day, which is very very special, especially, in honor of our son brandon.

I feel like me getting to sing this national anthem is kind of a gift from him, cause i never woulde done it had it not been for all these series of events along the way in sharing his story?

I standing here in front of a war memorial with cathy sons name, private first class brandon s.

Williams and she talked to me about just how much it means to her to get to sing those words?it really difficult to get through those lyrics, ya know,'oh say can you see when the lyrics say the bombs bursting in air our son was killed by a bomb, so that really resonated and was really difficult to sing?

You can catch this daviess county gold star mother singing the national anthem in honor of her son on monday at 6:30 pm on fox sports one in owensboro, jake thomas 44 news.

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