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Mission Name: Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
Classification: Community Event
Mission Ride Captain:
Mike “Weldermike” Johnson, weldermike@aol.com, (940) 224-2872
Mission Summary:
We will gather around the flag pole at the Wichita County Cemetery to remember those buried there who served our country in uniform.
PART 1: Raising and lowering of the Flag to half staff
Mission Date: May 30, 2016 – Monday
Staging Time: 07:30
Briefing Time: 07:45
In Position Time Or KSU: 07:50
Service Start Time: 08:00
Details Of Part 1:
This will be a brief ceremony to remember the less privileged and homeless Veterans buried in the Veteran’s section of the Wichita County Cemetery. The Patriot Guard Riders will form a flag line in close proximity to the flag pole at the Veteran’s section of the cemetery. The Sheppard Air Force Base chapter of the Green Knights Motorcycle Club will then raise the flag and lower it to half-staff, where it will remain until sundown.
Once the ceremony is completed, we will debrief and be dismissed. The whole ceremony should not last more than 15 to 20 minutes, including time for a short speech.
Name Of Staging Point:
Wichita County Cemetery
981 30th Street
Wichita Falls, Texas 76302