August 30, the little town of Sturgis, Mi. buried a fallen soldier, SSGT. Rodgers. This young man of 28 years left behind a beautiful wife and a 3.5 year old son. He gave his life for our freedom. The Patriot Guard Riders were there and orchestrated the processionals, providing much needed leadership, experience and lots and lots of flags! We had over 1000 bikes show up. It was an awesome display of patriotism. Unfortunately, the wackos from Kansas, the Westboro Baptists were there also. All fou more...
August 30, the little town of Sturgis, Mi. buried a fallen soldier, SSGT. Rodgers. This young man of 28 years left behind a beautiful wife and a 3.5 year old son. He gave his life for our freedom. The Patriot Guard Riders were there and orchestrated the processionals, providing much needed leadership, experience and lots and lots of flags! We had over 1000 bikes show up. It was an awesome display of patriotism. Unfortunately, the wackos from Kansas, the Westboro Baptists were there also. All four of them, shouting out their stupid songs, flashing their insulting signs and stomping on our flag. The local police chief handled the situation very well, restricting them to 20 feet of curb and 5 feet of sidewalk. The were ringed with soldiers carrying flags. The entire town turned out with a great show of patriotism, cumulating in a wonderful ceremony at the football stadium. The Patriot Guard Riders had bikers with flags ring the football field. Very impressive! Here we are, small town America, standing tall and proud and showing the radicals of the world what we believe in. Naturally there wasn't much press coverage as it is not fashionable to be patriotic today, but we still are and Thank God for that! less...
my prayers go to his family. thanks for bringing up thisup it stills baffalles me why they are so full of hate for our soldiers, when the ones they should be showing their anger at are the ones who caused over 3000 deaths 9/11/2001.
God Bless the Soldier and his family. They are in my prayers.
Now...someone needs to remind those rude, obnoxious a$$holes that if it were not for the fallen soldier and all the other "bad" soldiers, they would not be able to demonstrate how ungrateful they are for their freedom! Someone send them to Iraq or some third world country and let them protest there!
I stand proudly with ya'll. I work for a State Veterans Cemetery, and we have a no protesting/restraining order with 500 ft. of the entrance of the cemetery, which puts those crazies on the other side of the highway. Also note that the other side of the highway belongs to a redneck, round them' up and shoot em' dead cowboy, United States Veteran.
Hope its not just a gesture of Patriotism or what you can show the radicals. The only reason for turning up at anyone's funeral is to "Show Respect" for the person and for his family. I think such things are sacred and i think it was a well old saying not to mock the dead.
Have our moments oevr here with disrespect to familt funerals - often just by yobs who hang by the gates to throw insults and vile comments and even bricks and a full length of timber through the window of the hea more...
Hope its not just a gesture of Patriotism or what you can show the radicals. The only reason for turning up at anyone's funeral is to "Show Respect" for the person and for his family. I think such things are sacred and i think it was a well old saying not to mock the dead.
Have our moments oevr here with disrespect to familt funerals - often just by yobs who hang by the gates to throw insults and vile comments and even bricks and a full length of timber through the window of the hearse. Nothing done. yobs too young. Given a caution. have a right to be there to. try and ignore them etc etc.
The only reason to be at a furneral is for that person and their family it is a private moment of grief and rememberance and not for anything else.
These people make me sick. Oh yes. I think 2000 years ago they would be standing at the foot of the Cross but even then they would be part of the rabble. Same kind of sick thinking. I even said to one Christian Head Injury Boss that at the foot of the Cross he would have been selling tickets. i got sacked after that. But then i am always a radical.
