PGR MISSION CONTINUES 12-8-08

Monday, 12-8-08, our PGR Mission continued with the burial of SPC. Blake Bronough at the Crestview Memorial Cemetery in Wichita Falls Texas. . Some of our brothers & sisters from the Dallas area PGR were in attendance as was The Bell. Scroll down for the military funeral of this hero and REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE..




This impressive display, trailer & truck belongs to a member of the Dallas PGR. He tolled the bell, every 30 seconds or so, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and then again over at the cemetery

We started gathering at the funeral home at 1 p-.m. with the services scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Barbara is on the phone. Angela(by trike) and Jody (brown leather) talk with other PGR members..

That is Dave, Tex and Joe talking by Joe's blue Harley.

Barbara's son, P.J. arrived on this 1952 Triumph. That is Barbara in the middle and Angela to her left. Angela rides the big yellow trike. I have to say, P.J.'s Triumph leaked more than my old 73 AMF Sportster, and those of you who made the same mistake and bought an AMF Harley like I did, know what I am talkin about..

Here is The Bell with the 10 Commandments. It is an impressive display and when the bell is tolled, you can hear it from quite a distance...

Another view 0f the truck, trailer, and bikes

Here are from left to right: Mike (from Seymour Texas), Bobby (from Dallas Texas) and Steve who I believe is from here. Steve is going to send some of these pictures to his son, who is currently in Iraq. This picture was in front of the funeral home

The flag line to the South front portion of the funeral home

Mike & Barbara, our PGR area Road Captains, get interviewed by the TV crew on site

Tex stands by the columns in front of the entry way

A view to the South from my position in line. That is Steve right next to me..

Here are: Mike, Mike (our Road Captain) and Steve with Tex by the column

Looking North to the end of the line. That is Rick in the leathers, Kirby and his wife Jody on the near end.

The flag line as people enter the funeral home

Another view to the South...

The funeral starting, we head to the truck to put the flags up for the short ride to the cemetery

Members furling the flags at the truck

The truck & trailer and Bell & 10 Commandments prepare to move to the cemetery

Here are Joe, Nubbin & Angela just before we departed to the cemetery

We line the bikes up behind the flag vehicle at the cemetery. This part of the cemetery is called " Veteran's Garden"

A view across the cemetery, from the bikes, of the grave site

The U.S. Army Honor Guard was already there

Here are Moe & Dennis in amongst the flags. The wind was blowing pretty good andthe flags were a beautiful site to see .

The Honor Guard weapons on the ground in position.

The U.S. Army Honor Guard

The flags were flying in the wind as we waited to take up positions..

The American flag...."Long may she wave!!" Kirby waits on Jodie, and he holds her flag...

Barbara arrives with her flag

We take up positions on both side of the drive..

Here is Rick to my left...

Shadow & Barbara are across from me...

The Flag line on the West side of the drive

Part of the Flag line on the East side of the drive

Left to right: Shadow, Mike and Barbara at Crestview Memorial Cemetery..

The Honor Guard at Parade rest after firing the salute..This will conclude this PGR Mission and the burial of U.S. ARMY SPC. BLAKE BRONOUGH. Rest easy and rest in peace,Blake..

Scroll down for more rides, events & posts and don't forget to click on the "older posts" link at the bottom of EACH page for more posts. You can check out North Texas Bikers (1) at : http://www.jjskewlstuff.blogspot.com/ for more rides, events & posts from Jan 08- Nov 08. Until next ride & post, ya'll be careful out there, ride safe, pray for our troops and keep the rubber on the road........................JOHN