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May 23, 2013

Gary Sinise Talks Veterans, the National Memorial Day Concert and Life After CSI:NY

The Forrest Gump actor is in D.C. to moderate a panel at GE Veterans Network National Summit and to co-host Sunday’s National Memorial Day Concert.

May 05, 2006

Fictional Characters Support Our Troops, Too

Appearing this afternoon at a Pentagon near you, Gary Sinise will be performing with the Lt. Dan Band as part of the America Supports You program, a “nationwide initiative to showcase and communicate Americans’ support of the Armed Forces,” according to Reuters. We at DCist wish we were joking with the band name, but it really is called the Lt. Dan Band. For those of you not familiar with Lt. Dan, he was Forrest Gump’s…

 
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