(Aired Weds 12/03/25)
Freedom Sings USA is a nonprofit based here in Chattanooga that brings together professional songwriters with veterans, active service members in the U.S. military and their families to help them tell their stories through song.
On Friday and Saturday, it will present a Veterans Songwriting Retreat.
It starts Friday with a meet-and-greet at 5:30 PM at Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church - which will host the songwriting session on Saturday at 9 AM.
And then, a concert will be held on Saturday, starting at 6 PM, at American Legion Post 14’s new facility at 1200 Mountain Creek Road, Suite 320.
Bobbie Allison-Standefer is co-founder and executive director of Freedom Sings USA.
Songwriter Don Goodman is also a co-founder.
Ray Mitchell is vice commander of American Legion Post 14.
Joining us midway through this conversation: Jimmy Miller, a veterans and board member of Freedom Sings USA.
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Freedom Sings USA recently received a grant from ArtsBuild, the nonprofit that supports the arts in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, to support its mission.
In 2020, Freedom Sings USA hosted an hour on WUTC. Listen here.
