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During September, Carolina Handling associates and partners painted the tops of the pallets using 20 different colors. On October 10, five Carolina Handling associates representing the five branches of the military in which they served, delivered pallets to the assembly site using Raymond lift trucks to form the pallets into the Lady Liberty image.
Assembly of the more than 26,000-square-foot pallet painting took place in the parking lot adjacent to Greenville Downtown Airport on Tower Drive. The finished image measured half the size of a football field. Active-duty military personnel in uniform, military veterans sporting apparel with their branch of service, and members of the public were invited to attend.
Mike Hachtman, CEO of 48forty Solutions added, "48forty Solutions was honored to donate to The Patriotic Pallet Project, an incredible initiative paying tribute to the heroic veterans within our communities. We are forever grateful to all veterans for their love for this country and willingness to serve. Our team was excited to provide the pallets for the record-breaking pallet painting, and we thank Carolina Handling for inviting us to participate."
The Patriotic Pallet Project event at Greenville Downtown Airport ended with a flyover of the completed pallet painting by two T-6 Texans, the vintage World War II training aircraft known as the Pilot Maker. The event included displays of military equipment and artifacts by the Military History Center of the Carolinas and exhibitors including military Veterans organizations. Food trucks were on site from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The first 250 attendees received a Patriotic Pallet Project t-shirt.