OFF THE WIRE
Lance Robinson, as he has been for more than 30 days, getting his walk on.
TRENTON — Lance Robinson, 53, left his home in Export, Pa., on Sept. 10 wearing camouflage fatigues and dragging a cart of supplies flying the flags of each military branch behind him.
His goal? Walk across 48 states, visiting every state capital to promote his idea to establish Brother to Brother Day, a new holiday to honor veterans.
Thirty-three days after Robinson started walking, Trenton Mayor Tony Mack added some momentum to the quixotic march yesterday morning when he became the latest mayor to sign off on Brother to Brother Day in an official proclamation.
“This is about the general public seeing every single veteran in this country,” said Robinson.
Full story from the Trenton Times at NJ.com, but here’s a little back story on Robinson’s march:
Robinson marches up to 25 miles a day. He relies entirely on strangers for food and shelter. Some nights he sleeps in his tent outside local branches of the American Legion or VFW. Monday night, with the forecast calling for rain and only $35 in his pocket, Robinson said he stayed in a motel room donated by American Legion Post 182.
“I am basically flying by the seat of my pants,” said Robinson. “I’m walking on faith.”
Faith has been the guiding principal of Robinson’s march. He said he started having visions from God in his dreams after a car crash seven years ago; he flipped his TransAm in the rain and the glass roof shattered, but he walked away without any serious injuries.
