Interactive USO Map Lets Residents Show Support for Local Soldiers

There are lots of ways to show an active duty soldier you care this season, but a new platform from the USO is putting — and everywhere else — on the map.

The "Thanks from Everywhere" online map the USO created allows users to log in and blast a message of thanks to troops, while pinning their message to the commenter's ZIP code.

That means that servicemen and women from the township can see what folks from their hometown have to share. The map allows those in active duty to leave messages to their hometown, too.

Thomas Power in Fair Haven left a grateful message on Thanksgiving saying, "On this Thanksgiving day, 2011, know that your sacrifice is appreciated by those of us fortunate to be living in a free nation. Always remember that we are grateful for your service. God bless you and your family!"

The site has a scrolling list of messages from everywhere, but simply type in a ZIP code in the search bar toward the bottom of the homepage and you can see what folks from that ZIP are saying.

Check out the interactive map here. Once on the page, you can leave a message of your own after logging in on the right.