This mission conflicts with the airport recovery mission for SSG ColonVazquez and is therefore scrubbed.
The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in a flag retirement ceremony to be held at the Granger City Park. The event is sponsored by the local American Legion post and Boy Scout Troup #167. The City of Granger has organized it into a community wide event at which anyone with a worn, tattered US Flag can have it destroyed in the proper manner as prescribed by the US Flag code.
Date/Time: Tuesday, 14 June 2016. Ceremony at 5 pm.
Location: Granger City Park, Granger, TX.
Staging Location: Shell gas station, 309 S Commerce St, Granger, TX 76530. The station is located on the south side of town, east side of Hwy 95.
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/1ghFbPdrR7m
Timeline:
Staging: 4:15 – 4:30 pm
Briefing: 4:30 pm
KSU: 4:40 pm
Wx: Partly cloudy, hi 93 deg.
Notes: We will ride to the Granger City Park, dismount, and form a flag line for the opening of the ceremony. There will be hot dogs and sodas available as well as musical entertainment afterwards.
Ride Captain: Steve VonRoeder, (512) 230-2080, svroeder@sbcglobal.net
Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson
Come out to support the patriotic citizens of Granger and the boy scouts as they demonstrate proper respect for our flag on Flag Day.
