Jordan's Run Veterans' Memorial 5K Run/Walk

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200 Jermain Ave., Sag Harbor NY

Sunday, July 27th, 2025

🎖️ Event Overview

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🏃‍♂️ Race Details

Jordan's Run Veterans' Memorial 5K Run/Walk is a USATF-Certified 5K Run.

Date: July 27, 2025
Location: 200 Jermain Ave., Sag Harbor, NY
Course: Scenic route through historic Sag Harbor Village
Link: Race Registration

🌉 Course Highlights

This beautiful, scenic course winds through historic Sag Harbor Village, taking you past Pierson High School, where Jordan graduated, past the harbor and windmill, and a loop over and back on the NYS Lance Cpl. Veterans' Memorial Bridge, which was named in his honor. You'll pass a marina near the 2nd water stop, where he held a summer job, and see Oakland Cemetery, where our hero rests.

🇺🇸 About Jordan Haerter

Jordan Haerter grew up in the small village of Sag Harbor, NY, and graduated from Pierson High School in 2006. He went to Parris Island for the 12-week boot camp as a recruit in September 2006 and became a proud United States Marine on December 1st, 2006. He was assigned in fleet with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, and deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in March of 2008. LCpl Jordan C. Haerter, alongside Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale were guarding the checkpoint and Nasser Joint Security Station.

Heroic Action: Stopped an explosive-laden suicide tank truck
Impact: Saved the lives of 33 Marines, Iraqi policemen, and countless Iraqi civilians.
Date of Valor: April 22, 2008
Age: 19 years old

🏅 A Lasting Legacy

He was Sag Harbor’s first battlefield loss since World War II. The 2 Marines posthumously earned the Navy Cross for Extraordinary Heroism, our Nation's second-highest award for valor in combat.