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  • Stevie reflects on ‘proudest moments’ visiting hospitals

    Stevie reflects on ‘proudest moments’ visiting hospitals

    Stevie shared a special message with her friends and fans on social media, paying tribute to veterans on Memorial Day. She reflected on her special visits to Walter Reed Hospital and Bethesda Hospital (now Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland), calling them “the proudest moments of [her] life.” Accompanying her message was a video of her and Mick Fleetwood laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

    Stevie’s message:

    To All my Friends and Fans~

    I would like to share this video with you because it makes me remember that the 4 years I spent visiting Walter Reed Hospital and Bethesda Hospital were the proudest moments of my life. I never spent less than 11 hours when I was at Walter Reed and never less than 7 hours at Bethesda. I went 19 times. This was enough time for me to feel like I was a soldier in the Army and Navy. Laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was the most emotionally difficult and the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced. I also toured Arlington Cemetery ~ walked through it~ and saw many funeral processions ride by me with the horses in the lead~ I’ll never forget it.

    This is not the time for me to talk about the pandemic or the President’s lack of empathy. It is my time to celebrate being a soldier; to celebrate all soldiers and what they give up the day they enlist. I hope you spend your Memorial Day being safe and~ as the golden rule says~ “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

    From the bottom of my heart, I pray for this country~ and that we will survive this, and that life will return to at least some kind of normalcy~ but for today, just be a soldier’s angel. It is their day.

    Love,
    Stevie Nicks

    P.S.
    I am printing the words to Soldier’s Angel~ the poem song I wrote while visiting the hospital.

    P.S.S.
    Also, thank you Mick for holding me up at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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  • Stevie talks about Walter Reed experience, writing 'Soldier's Angel'

    Stevie talks about Walter Reed experience, writing 'Soldier's Angel'

    In December, Stevie talked to Ultimate Classic Rock about the service members that she has visited at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.

    Stevie made a series of visits to the hospitals starting in 2005, where she spent hours with men and women who were injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. As part of their rehabilitation, Stevie listened to their stories, took photographs with them, and gave them iPods filled with music. One particular experience at Walter Reed inspired her to write the song “Soldier’s Angel” (from In Your Dreams, 2011) and founded the Stevie Nicks Soldier’s Angel Foundation (a charity that helps injured U.S. military personnel) in 2006.

    Stevie has been a long-time supporter of U.S. service members. In 1991, she wrote the song “Desert Angel” (from Timespace, 1991) for the U.S. men and women who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.