Former UNC OL Jason Brown To Host Memorial Day Balloon Festival To Honor The Fallen

Posted May 26, 2021
Over the three-day Memorial Day weekend, First Fruits Farm Memorial Balloon Festival will soar over a one thousand acre farm in Louisburg. The festival will serve to honor the fallen and is personal for the farm owner, former NFL player Jason Brown. Brown comes from a Gold Star family, losing his brother, Lunsford, to a mortar attack in Afghanistan in 2003. (WTVD)

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