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   The Patriot Guard Riders have been asked again to participate in the upcoming Wheeling Middle School’s Veteran’s Day Ceremony/Celebration on Friday, Nov. 7th. I have been in contact with the principal, Mr. McCardle, and he is excited we will be participating again this year.  Tentative plans include : Arriving at the school, where we will be greeted by the students holding flags. We will then move to the gymnasium to establish a flag line so the students, faculty, parents,…

On September 20 & 21, 2014 Beard Mortuary, 3001 3rd Avenue, Huntington, WV, will be hosting a Celebration of Service; Honoring Our Veterans event featuring “The Eyes of Freedom” traveling exhibit, to honor veterans and their families. The exhibit is dedicated to 23 members of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Reserve Regiment who were killed while deployed to Iraq in 2005. The memorial consists of life-size paintings of 23 the fallen members of Lima 3/25, created by Westerville, OH artist…

The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand a flag line for the Walk for Vets, 13 Sept 2014. This will all take place at City Park in Parkersburg, WV The walk will be Sept. 13, 2014 Staging 8:00 a.m. Parking lot by ball field RCIC Carl Spade (ace_gunsmith@hotmail.com) Briefing 8:30 a.m. Flag line in place NLT 8:45 a.m. Please bring 3X5 flag Delores Minear WV HOTH Director

The Patriot Guard Riders have been asked to provide escort duty for the Vietnam Veteran’s Traveling Memorial Wall from Fairplain, WV to Parkersburg, WV on 26 August 2014. We will be escorting via I-77, so if you plan to fly a flag from your bike/cage, please ensure the flag and mount can endure a 40-mile trip at interstate highway speeds. When we did this escort a couple years ago, we had close to 200 bikes by the time we got…

The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to escort the opening ceremony flag to the Moundsville Honor Guard, August 23, 2014, A Day with Heroes on the Avenue, Moundsville, WV. A flag line will then be assembled for the ceremony to Honor our Heroes. Ceremony starts at 10:00 a.m. at the BB&T Bank and parking lot located on Jefferson and Fifth Street Moundsville, WV. Staging for escort will be at Valley Harley-Davidson, I-470 Exit 2, RT 88 N, 1034 East…

The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to attend the Flag Retirement Ceremony at Hinton Little League Ball Park, end of Miller Avenue in front of the Bluestone Dam, August 16, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Ceremony at 10:00 a.m The Patriot Guard will stand a flag line as one flag is retired from the flag pole. They will then assist the Boy Scouts in bringing the retired flags to the fire. Pat Hanifin, Sr is the ride captain for this…

The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to escort the WV Vietnam Traveling Wall from Hico to Summersville.  The curator of the wall wishes to meet at the Exxon station at the Route 19/60 interchange at Hico at 0830 for the trip into Summersville.  The ride captain will be Pat Hanifin, Sr patnpath@frontier.com (304) 673-9780 Staging: 8:00 Briefing: 8:15 KSU     : 8:30 LEO support will be provided.  

The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand a flag line for a bridge dedication, July 12, 2014 north of Middlebourne, WV on State Route 18, near Sellars Road. The Dedication will take place at 10:00 a.m. SSG Ault made the ultimate sacrifice in 2008 while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. RCIC is Pat Dawson (ptpup@frontier.com) 304-386-4510CO-RC is Shirley Martin (2013shirleymartin@frontier.com) 304-758-2072 Staging at the parking lot of Tyler Consolidated High School, 1993 Silver Knight Drive. Rt. 18 North,…