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GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) will join a hodgepodge of conservative activists and celebrities at a pro-troop event in California this Thursday, according to organizers.

The event is titled "Troopathon" and is billed as an effort to raise money for and send care packages to American troops overseas. The gathering is organized by the right-leaning group Move America Forward, which has ties to the Tea Party Express. 

Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite, is continuing her travel following her announcement that she would run for president at last week's Republican primary debate in New Hampshire.

She spoke at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans and the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis this past weekend.

Former President George H.W. Bush, a World War II veteran, is expected to attend the event alongside a number of conservative commentators including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Andrew Bre! itbart and Laura Ingraham. 

Right-leaning Hollywood actors Kelsey Grammar and Gary Sinise are expected to be there as well as Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. 

The event will be held at Richard Nixon's presidential library in Yorba Linda, Calif.