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
 This Dayin History |
|
|
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. |
|||
|
|
|
||
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. |
|||
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. |
|||
Texas Legislators Listen to Biker's Issues
Hundreds of bikers lobby lawmakers
Motorcyclists' top issue is getting their education fund back.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Motorcyclists from across Texas filled the halls of the Capitol on Monday to talk with lawmakers about preserving bikers' rights during this legislative session.
"We want to remind legislators that this is our house," said the chairman of the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association, a statehouse regular who goes only by the name of Sputnik and has "Free" tattooed across his forehead.
Their top concern this year is reinstating a motorcycle education fund. Bikers pay an extra $8 for motorcycle licenses and license renewals, a fee that is supposed to be earmarked for teaching motorcycle safety.
For about four years, the money has been funneled into a general pool instead, and motorcyclists are owed about $8 million for rider training, Sputnik said.
Motorcycle clubs also want tougher penalties against inattentive drivers who collide with pedestrians or bikers and equal access to restaurants and hotels that refuse service to riders decked out in leather vests and patches, he said.
Bikers have to battle a "bad boy" image that leads many to approach them in fear and classify them as gang members, said Lee Stewart of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club in Austin.
This is the eighth time the organization has held a lobby day for bikers to meet their legislators, and event organizers estimated that about 2,000 people rode to the Capitol on a foggy morning to participate.
When the House of Representatives convened in the afternoon, motorcycle-riding Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, read a resolution honoring the motorcyclists for their cooperative legislative work. Wearing a black leather jacket with her name in an emblem on the back, Chavez counted herself and Gov. Rick Perry among the 887,000 licensed motorcycle riders in Texas.
Some bikers praised Chavez and other legislators for their receptiveness.
Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, overcame one stereotype of lawmakers: that they are out of touch with the public. James Merriman, president of the Alternative Motorcycle Club in Waterloo, said Strama and his staff researched proposed legislation so that the lawmaker could talk more knowledgeably about it.
"His response made me feel that by having the courage to come here, there is an open line of communication between us," he said.