Allen Mullins is a man who is adamant about supporting United States veterans and he lives that conviction everyday in his new persona as comic book hero “Captain America.”

Citizens of Grants Pass have reported seeing the Captain traveling through town over the past several days but his stop in our town is just a small step on the journey he has undertaken.

Mullins is currently visiting all of the nation’s state capitols by foot and he has walked over 5,000 miles. The message he is spreading is for citizens to donate and support local veterans service programs and to assist any veterans who are destitute or homeless. “You may not agree with the wars we have waged over seas, but I ask you as humans and fellows Americans to look in your heart and have compassion for those who have bravely served our country,” Mullins said. Currently, Mullins has visited 40 state capitols on his trek.

Mullins said that while working as a carpenter in his home town of Dalton, Georgia, his boss was a Vietnam veteran who would search for homeless vets in the area and offer them food, clothing, shelter and work. According to Mullins, this was the inspiration behind his journey.

Captain America’s next stop is San Francisco, Calif., and he will be heading out either this evening or tomorrow morning on Redwood Highway towards Crescent City and from there he will head south.