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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…