Lamh Foistenach Abu! God Bless the Patriot Guard Riders and thank you, lovesdogs, for being there today. I’ll bet there were some American Legion Riders on the line too.
Lamh Foistenach Abu! Salute to you, lovesdogs and to your fellow Patriot Guards.
My husband and I had the privilege of representing our son who was still serving in Iraq at the funeral for his best friend.
The procession was about 4 miles, took more than 45 minutes, and was lined the entire way with proud citizens of that community who wanted to honor that fine young man.
At one point there was a very elderly veteran standing and saluting each flag on each car that passed by. We passed an elementary school and all the children were lining the street, young football players wore their uniforms as Jon was a football player in high school.
You are right, overwhelmingly sad and yet inspiring and uplifting at the same time. It changed me. I can’t say exactly how, but it did.
