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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Bond's Miss Moneypenny Succumbs to Cancer
By Ciar Byrne, Arts and Media Correspondent
The Independent - UK
Lois Maxwell, the actress best-known for her role as Miss Moneypenny, the super-efficient secretary secretly smitten with James Bond, died at the weekend in Western Australia, aged 80.
To 007 fans, Maxwell was the definitive Moneypenny, the character she played in 14 Bond films from 1962's Dr No to 1985's A View To A Kill. The Canadian-born actress, who died in Fremantle Hospital, had been suffering from cancer.
It was in the film adaptations of James Bond that the relationship between the suave spy and Miss Moneypenny, secretary to intelligence chief "M", took on a flirtatious edge that was missing from Ian Fleming's novels.
Although Jane Moneypenny was clearly attracted to Bond, unlike almost every other female in the films, she never succumbed to his charms.
Born Lois Hooker in Kitchener, Ontario in February 1927, Maxwell won a Golden Globe for best newcomer in 1948 for her part in the Shirley Temple comedy That Hagen Girl. But while she appeared in many other films and television series, and wrote a column for the Toronto Star, she remained best known as Moneypenny.
The first Bond she starred in was Dr No beside Sean Connery. Her final appearance in the franchise was in A View To A Kill with Roger Moore.
In a 2005 interview, however, she said her favourite Bond film was On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the only movie in which the Australian George Lazenby played 007. She appeared in more Bond films than any other actor, except for Desmond Llewelyn, who played the gadget expert "Q" in 17 films before his death in 1999. In 23 years, however, Maxwell said fewer than 200 words and was on screen for under an hour.
Sir Roger Moore, who first met Maxwell when they were students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) in 1944, paid tribute to her yesterday.
"She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with," he told BBC Radio Five Live. "Absolutely perfect casting."
Moneypenny's best moments
* Dr No (1962)
Bond: Moneypenny. What gives?
Moneypenny: Me – given an ounce of encouragement. You never take me to dinner looking like this, James. You never take me to dinner, period.
Bond: I would, you know, only M would have me court-martialled for 'illegal use of government property'.
Moneypenny: Flattery will get you nowhere. But don't stop trying.
* You Only Live Twice (1967)
Moneypenny: Oh, by the way, how was the girl?
Bond: Which girl?
Moneypenny: The ...uh... Chinese one we set you up with?
Bond: Another few minutes and I would have found out.