
Red Friday in the History of MarineParents.com Written by Tracy Della Vecchia, Founder There are many variances of how "Red Friday" got started in the United States. While I can't state whether or not those accounts are accurate, I can share how we adopted the phrase as an organization to promote wearing red on Fridays. We use "Red Friday" as a way for military families as well as civilians to show solidarity and support for all military personnel regardless of rank or location, regardless of whether military personnel are stateside, stationed abroad, or on a float. Back in 2004, I got an email from Dad in Colorado. Both of our sons were combat deployed to Iraq with Colonel Bryan P. McCoy, the CO for 3/4, 3rd Btn, 4th Marines. His email said: "Hey, on Friday, people in Canada wear red to honor their military. Can you ask our Marine families to do that?" And I did. And we have done it ever since. Back then, we were the largest military community bringing people together in one location for information, support, and services and a Place to Connect & Share®. We had a huge voice and family members who associated with MarineParents.com started wearing red on Fridays. In 2006 right after I moved the organization out of my home into our first warehouse/office, we created the first Red Friday shirt: "Red Friday...it's a military thing". At the same time, I was blasted with emails telling me that "Red Friday" was for Canadians and we live in America and I'd better stop the campaign. I ignored them and we kept right on going. I have understood all along that "Red Friday" originally came from Canada, but it made no difference to me. It was a great way to show solidarity for our military whether an individual had someone serving or not. The RED standing for "Remember Everyone Deployed" is not something I understood and I'm not sure when it came about. I didn't care for Red Friday being specifically about deployment. Happy Friday Cc @DeptofDefense @SecDef @PeteHegseth @USMC @since1775 @USArmy @USNavy @USNationalGuard @usairforce @uscoastguard @SpaceForceDoD
















