WarChild Riding Group
Sandy's Toddle Inn - Chaffee MO
Bikers Who Care – We Support:
Finding Cures – Saving Children
Free Spirit
Patriot Guard Riders Mission Statement
Notice - The PGR store is open since the first of the new year.
Thank you for your patience.
The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation. We have one thing in common besides motorcycles. We have an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and security. If you share this respect, please join us.
We don’t care what you ride, what your political views are, or whether you’re a "hawk" or a "dove". It is not a requirement that you be a veteran. It doesn't matter where you’re from or what your income is. You don’t even have to ride. The only prerequisite is Respect.
Our main mission is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family. Each mission we undertake has two basic objectives.
1. Show our sincere respect for our fallen heroes, their families, and their communities.
2. Shield the mourning family and friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors.
We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means.
Folks, this is not just important…
It’s what we do!
Join Us!
RD - SE Missouri Ride Captain
Stars & Stripes Museum
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Over the last 139 years, millions of copies of The Stars and Stripes have been distributed throughout the world. And, it all began during the Civil War in the town of Bloomfield, located in southeast Missouri. It was here on November 9, 1861 that ten Illinois Union soldiers, using the vacated press of The Bloomfield Herald, published the first "Stars and Stripes" which they named after the American flag. One of the original copies of that 1861 paper is now owned by the Stoddard County Historical Society and to be put on loan with the museum. The Stars and Stripes flourished during each of the five major wars this country has fought. |
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During World War II, General George C. Marshall referred to The Stars and Stripes "as a symbol of the things we are fighting to preserve...free thought and free expression of a free people". Many famous people have been connected with The Stars and Stripes: Cartoonist Bill Mauldin; Andy Rooney and Steve Kroft of "Sixty Minutes" were former Striper's as was Harold K. Ross, founder of the New Yorker magazine. Grantland Rice, Ernie Pyle and other war correspondents have also contributed to the newspaper. Several former S & S staff members and various war veterans have donated personal letters, unpublished behind-the-scenes reports, back issues of The Stars and Stripes and other interesting war-related items to be displayed or filed as reference material. |
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All this history will be preserved. A Stars and Stripes Museum/Library with climate-controlled storage, handicapped accessibility, display and meeting rooms will be invaluable for research. The facility serves historians, students and writers, as well as the general public. |
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29th annual Tulsa ABATE Toy Run
Riders roll out the toys
Tulsa World
ALTHEA PETERSON
Staff Writer
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Tulsa OK - - Streets closed for hours Sunday while thousands of motorcyclists delivered tens of thousands of toys for local underprivileged children, in an event that has built a tradition over nearly three decades.
Police estimated that nearly 4,000 motorcycles and about 10,000 riders, spectators and volunteers participated in the 29th annual Tulsa ABATE Toy Run. The route stretched from the Tulsa Fairgrounds to Creek Nation Casino and for a few hours, the entire route was a nonstop flow of motorcycles, said Sgt. Skipper Bain.
It's not too shabby of a turnout, considering the event began with 35 participants. Mike Bruno, ABATE of Tulsa's co-founder, attended the first and almost all of the runs since.
"Some of us diehards will be here rain or shine." Bruno said.
The Tulsa Toy Run tradition serves not only as an opportunity to ride with other motorcycle enthusiasts, but also to donate to Toys for Tots. Broken Arrow-stationed Marine Cpl. Casey Jardot, 25, of Bartlesville and Sgt. Adam Carlson, 24, of Tulsa both oversaw the toy donations at the event.
"It's good to be able to help out with local events and charities," Carlson said.
"It's a chance to serve my country and my community, as well," Jardot said.
Donations reached 12,000 toys in 2007 and 30,000 in 2006. But Carlson and Jardot expected donations this year to meet or exceed those figures.
"Even a 6-year-old boy brought up a wagon and donated all of his birthday presents," Jardot said. "That was just amazing."
After the run, Creek Nation Casino hosted the riders at the casino's "largest event ever," casino marketing director Jenny Cross said. The casino closed itself to the public to exclusively serve the riders Sunday afternoon, she said.
"This is a wonderful charity event that's been going on for many years ... and we wanted to be able to give back to those that are giving," she said.
The Toy Run riders come out for the kids, said ABATE secretary Carol King.
"In my other life, I'm a nurse," she said. "A lot of people have this image of motorcyclists as big, dirty, rotten and mean and the women as pole dancers and that's so wrong.
"I've seen the kids and families in need. If they can't afford to buy Tylenol, then they can't afford to buy toys this Christmas."