AFTER A RECENT LOCAL BATES COUNTY VETERAN PASSED AWAY… THE DRAMATIC AND MOVING PRESENCE OF THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THOSE ATTENDING THE SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY .
THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS KNOWN AS “P.G.R.” IS A DIVERSE AMALGAMATION OF RIDERS FROM EVERY STATE IN THE NATION THAT RIDE TOGETHER AS THE, “PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS “ TO HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS, UNITED STATES VETERANS, ARMY MEMBERS , FIREMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OFFICER’S NOT KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY .AT FUNERAL SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON BESIDES MOTORCYCLES… THEY HAVE AN UNWAVERING RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO RISK THEIR VERY LIVES FOR AMERICA’S FREEDOM AND SECURITY.
THE MAIN MISSION OF THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS IS TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF FALLEN AMERICAN HEROES, AS INVITED GUEST OF THE FAMILY. THEY UNDERTAKE TWO BASIC OBJECTIVES
1. TO SHOW THEIR SINCERE RESPECT FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
2. TO SHIELD THE MOURNING FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM INTERRUPTIONS CREATED BY ANY PROTESTOR OR GROUP OF PROTESTORS.
TO CONTACT THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS YOU MAY VISIT THEIR WEB SITE ATWWW.PATRIOTGUARD.ORG TO JOIN THE GROUP OR TO SET UP A MISSION RIDE.
PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAMILY, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS HAVE GATHERED OVER 500 RIDERS AT A TIME TO HONOR A FALLEN SOLIDER.
PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS… STANDING FOR THOSE WHO STOOD FOR US.
*THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS SERVICE. ALL RIDERS ARE COMMITTED TO HONORING THOSE THAT GIVE THEIR LIVES TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY OR COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE LIVE.
Courtesy of FM.92
