The TRI COUNTY FAIR BOARD is proud to welcome Kansas native and former Green Beret Maj. Mark Nutsch to Herington for a presentation of “Whiskey and War Stories.”

Days after 9/11, America responded with a daring insertion of a Green Beret team into Afghanistan. They spearheaded unconventional warfare operations while mounted on horseback, fighting alongside their Afghan allies. Mark’s team became known as the “Horse Soldiers”, their exploits are portrayed in books and in the Hollywood blockbuster “12 Strong”. These brave men are honored today by the “America’s Response Monument” at Ground Zero in New York City.

Mark and his retired teammates joined up again as entrepreneurs to form American Freedom Distillery and produce their premium line of craft Horse Soldier Bourbons. Their award-winning spirits are bottled in custom glass forged by steel recovered from the World Trade Center to commemorate those lives lost but never forgotten.

At this most…