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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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Couple Grows Closer as the Road Grows Longer
DENTON TX - Dread going to work? After one English couple's jobs became less fulfilling, they decided to quit their jobs and hit the road in an attempt to set a world record by traveling to 123 countries on motorcycles.
In the midst of their journey, the couple made a brief stop in a Denton County neighborhood.
Lisa Thomas said she and her husband, Simon, have received support from all over after they quit their jobs, sold their home and took off to ride around the world.
"We get lots of emails from people we have met and have not met saying you are living our dream," she said.
It was a trip a long time coming.
"There are just only so many bad days at work that you can cope with; and then after that, you begin to think there must be something more," Mrs. Thomas said.
The Thomases have been to 57 countries in four years.
Images from their trip captured the sites they saw along the way. Seeing the beauty of Ecaudor's live volcano was just one among many experiences.
"You catch yourself saying, 'I'm in Botswana on foot and there is a lioness and her cubs a stones throw away," Mr. Thomas said.
In Ghana, they were awakened by the noise of elephants taking a mud bath. But it was the Sahara Desert they said was the most exhilarating moment.
"It is the biggest buzz in the world," Mr. Thomas said. "And you look across and there's your wife doing 60 to 70 miles per hour on this BMW bike; and your going, 'That's my wife.' How cool is that?"
When the sunset and moon begin to fade, the couple said their memories will remain.
"What we have found is we've met the incredible, hospitable most generous people in the world, often when we wanted it the most," Mr. Thomas said.
Mr. Thomas said he owes his life to Brazilian surgeons who operated on him after a bridge in the Amazon gave way. The crash broke his neck.
"And there I am with a motorbike balancing on the bridge waiting to fall on top of him," Mrs. Thomas said. "He's out cold. I'm in the middle of nowhere."
But, they kept going. The couple said they have grown closer as the roads grow longer and said they can't wait to take their next winning snapshot of the world.
Thomas stopped in Denton to visit friends and said they will start touring Texas next week. The couple is scheduled to speak in Fort Worth in April.