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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Bikers Find Love
Biker couple's love emerged from roadside wreckage
Sadie Jo Smokey
The Arizona Republic
Phoenix AZ -- Roxanne Meyers was newly divorced and going hog-wild with friends in Laughlin, Nev., in 2001 when she met Les "Mo" Morey.
Roxanne said she enjoyed being the only single woman riding with a group of bikers. And though she thought Mo looked like a gorgeous bad-boy biker, she wasn't ready or looking for a new relationship. The two spent the day riding their motorcycles, chatting and getting to know each other. At night, they went gambling with friends.
"She knew most of the people I knew," Mo said. "I saw her the next day. Then I rode home with our group, and she rode home with her family."
The couple were friends for about a year and a half, two single riders in the company of other biker friends. They were both in their 40s and had similar interests, but Mo didn't want to get involved with "a grandma type."
"I never had kids," Mo said. "I knew if I married a woman who had grandkids, I wouldn't have kids. I didn't want to hurt her. I didn't want to get us both involved in something if our goals weren't going to match up."
But the attraction was too much to resist. The two started dating, riding their motorcycles together, hanging out at NASCAR events and going to dinner.
One night while they were on a ride, a car ran a red light in front of Roxanne. She panicked and crashed her motorcycle. Mo saw the accident and knew right then he wanted to take care of Roxanne for the rest of his life.
"Her motorcycle accident made me realize I was holding back," Mo said. "That shook me up more than anything else. (The accident) put my feelings for her on the front burner."
When Roxanne got out of surgery, Mo never left her side.
"Mo said when he was kneeling down on the road over me, he said he knew I was the one," Roxanne said. "I knew he was the one."
Mo moved into Roxanne's house while she recovered. Three months later, on New Year's Eve, he proposed.
"He took very good care of me," Roxanne said. "He didn't have to; he owned his own home and had his own business. He dropped his life to take care of me."
The Phoenix couple exchanged vows on a Hogs of the High Seas cruise in November 2003; they were surrounded by hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts.
"Bikers from all over the country were on this cruise," Roxanne said. "It was really neat to have all those people involved."
Mo, who thought he'd never have a family if he got involved with a grandma, now has a wife and family he adores.
"I do love my wife a lot, just sometimes I don't think she knows how much I really do love her," Mo said. "There's nothing I would not do for her, buy her or give up for her."
On weekends, the two ride side-by-side, Mo on his 1997 Harley-Davidson Heritage Springer and Roxanne on her 1998 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide.
Roxanne said she knows she's lucky to have a husband as kind and thoughtful as Mo.
"My children became his children," Roxanne said. "Mo is a good stepdad, grandpa and husband. God really was good to me when I found Mo. I love him very, very much. I wouldn't know what to do without him."