Memorial Day commemoration, Granger, TX, 26 May 2025

[markwells]

Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in a community Memorial Day commemoration event at Granger High School. The event will held outdoors on Memorial Day. We plan to have a flag line in place for the 30 minute program of patriotic music, the pledge, reading of the names of Granger’s lost warriors, and the playing of taps.  We are honored to be invited for the 5th time to this event.

Date/Time: Monday, 26 May 2024. The event begins at 8:30 am.

Staging location: Granger Food Mart Texaco, 309 S Commerce St, Granger, TX 76530.  Map link

Timeline:
7:45 – 8:10 am – Staging
8:10 am – Briefing
8:15 am – KSU for the 3 minute ride to the school.
8:25 am – Flag line in place for the event

Wx: TBD

Notes: After arrival at the school we will dismount and form a flag line for the duration of the program. Coffee and donuts are offered afterward at the nearby Sts. Cyril & Methodius Recreation Center.

Ride Captain: Mark Wells, atxpgr@gmail.com, 512-470-0380
Flag Wrangler: Mark Wells

Please attend to commemorate the sacrifice of our honored dead.

[markwells]

Thank you to the eight riders who took time from their Memorial Day holiday to help honor the war fighters from Granger who gave the ultimate sacrifice. All went according to plan until we arrived at the school where the threatening weather prompted the decision to move the event indoors at the parish rec center. We relocated there and carried our flags inside just as the heavens opened for an hour long downpour.

After the ceremony ended we enjoyed coffee and donuts with the friendly Granger folks until the rain subsided, rainsuits were deployed, and we departed.

Thank you Gary Mayers for the help today.  We had three first time riders join us. Welcome Terry, Fred, and Mike! We are blessed to participate in this heartfelt event.

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