Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride - Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride
Saturday 30th June 2012
The Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride for Terrell, Tx on June 30th 2012, will start on the West Side of Fort Worth, with planned stop and meets in Arlington, Dallas, and Eastside of Terrell, to meet up with East Texas riders, The plan is to mass ride into Terrell under escort from the Terrell Police.
This year, the memorial service will be for the fallen British Aviators only, the Marine Corp. League of Terrell has kindly offered their color guard which will have all three flags of the countries involved to pay respect, waiting for confirmation on a Pipe and Drum unit out of Mansfield, Tx to walk us in and play. Doug ( Streaker) Smith and George (Tank) Sherman will do the opening address, with Padre doing the prayer and a poem. Will lay the wreath honoring those buried in Terrell and around the world for the Allied Forces, Will have "Last Post" played. For those that do not know "Last Post" is the British version of Taps. And Then there will be closing remarks. Then for those that would like, we will head west on Hwy 80 to East Texas Choppers and have lunch and a get together.
For those that might be interested in staying the night, we have accomodations placed at the Holiday Inn Express (972-563-7888) on the south side of I-20 and Hwy 34, and Please state you are with "Allied Ride" special rates are available up to June 20th, 2011. The hotel will be blocking off a major portion of the parking lot for bike parking. After East Texas Choppers, we will go and check in the hotel and chill for a bit, and around 6:00 P.M. we plan on having a Bar-B-Que and get together, with all the trimmings of a Texas Style get together. We have invited members of the Terrell Chamber of Commerce, Marine Corp League of Terrell, the British Museum, and the Hotel in appreciation for there help and assistance.
No. 1 British Flying Training School (BFTS) Terrell, Texas was the largest Training base out of 6 here in the States, over 2,000 Pilots were trained here from the United Kingdom and the United States, unfortunately, through training accidents, 20 Airmen, R.A.F. Cadets did not make it home. See the following sites for further details:
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/1bftsterrell.html
http://www.txgenweb5.org/txkaufman/cemeteries/oakland.htm
This is an open ride / drive for everyone to attend, whether MC, Motorcycle Group, or a Lone Wolf, Motorcycles or Cages. The only thing requested is Leaving the attitude at home and showing your respect and pride in what and why we are doing this !
LEST WE FORGET
