<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">PAPGR Vet Rep West</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:pgrpa.vetrep.west@gmail.com">pgrpa.vetrep.west@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 12:13 PM<br>Subject: HOTH Mission: Beaver County War Memorial Dedication Ceremony, Hopewell, Pennsylvania<br>To: <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r11@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r11@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r12@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r12@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r10@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r10@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r7@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r7@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r1@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r1@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r2@shadowriders.org">PGR_PA_r2@shadowriders.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:PGR_PA_r9@shadowriders.com">PGR_PA_r9@shadowriders.com</a>><br>Cc: STATE CAPTAIN <<a href="mailto:unionff428@aol.com">unionff428@aol.com</a>>, pgrpa.asc.east <<a href="mailto:pgrpa.asc.east@gmail.com">pgrpa.asc.east@gmail.com</a>>, Randy Ruff <<a href="mailto:randyaruff@gmail.com">randyaruff@gmail.com</a>>, Jeremy (Barnyard) Bernard <<a href="mailto:barnyard@agnation.org">barnyard@agnation.org</a>>, Bob Park <<a href="mailto:bassplayer91759@yahoo.com">bassplayer91759@yahoo.com</a>>, Chris Brewer <<a href="mailto:chrisbrewer2011@gmail.com">chrisbrewer2011@gmail.com</a>>, Chuck Hillbilly Cartright <<a href="mailto:cartrightcharles08@gmail.com">cartrightcharles08@gmail.com</a>>, Leroy Prentice <<a href="mailto:prentice184@comcast.net">prentice184@comcast.net</a>>, Mark Steffan <<a href="mailto:mark.steffan89@yahoo.com">mark.steffan89@yahoo.com</a>>, Rod Ress <<a href="mailto:Rod.rees@gmail.com">Rod.rees@gmail.com</a>>, Tony Mingo <<a href="mailto:rugeroldarmy54@yahoo.com">rugeroldarmy54@yahoo.com</a>>, Lewis Winnecour <<a href="mailto:Lwinne1@comcast.net">Lwinne1@comcast.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b>HOTH Mission</b></font></font></font></p><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b>Beaver County War Memorial Dedication Ceremony, Honoring Our Fallen </b></font></font></font></p><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b>10 June 2023 </b></font></font></font></p><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b>Hopewell, PA</b></font></font></font></p><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b><br></b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font size="6"><b><br></b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><br><b><u>About the HOTH Mission:</u></b></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Beaver County War Memorial Dedication Ceremony<br>Honoring Our Fallen</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">9:30 am – 11:00 am<br>10 June 2023<br>Hopewell, PA</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent honor by Flag Line for the Beaver County War Memorial Dedication Ceremony, honoring Beaver County's Fallen Heroes from the Gulf War and the War on Terror.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Honor Roll Call:</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Major John W. Macroglou U.S. Marine Corps KIA, age 34 of Center Township,PA<br>Assigned to the 24TH Marine Amphibious Unit Camp LeJeune, NC., Marine Corp Battalion Landing Team 1-8 Beirut.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Major Macroglou was one of the 241 Fallen Heroes who lost their lives on the 23 of October of 1983, the bombing of the U.S. Marines Corps Beirut Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. Two truck bombs detonated by suicide bombers and struck buildings that housed U.S. and French Military members of a multinational peacekeeping force, killing a total of 299 service personnel (241 American, 58 French), along with six civilians and the two suicide bombers. It was the deadliest single-day attack against U.S. Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Dedicated in 1984 on the first anniversary of the attack, a Memorial of our Fallen is located beneath a cedar tree in Section 59 at Arlington Cemetery. Its inscription reads, "Let Peace Take Root". This cedar of Lebanon Tree grows in living memory of the Americans killed in the Beirut Terrorist Attack and all victims of terrorism throughout the world. 21 U.S. service members killed in the Beirut Barracks Attack are buried near the marker. All are in Section 59, Arlington National Cemetery.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Private First Class Timothy R. Brown Jr. U.S. Army KIA, age 21 of Conway,PA<br>Assigned to D Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, NC. was killed in action by an explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Taji, Iraq the 12 of August 2003.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Sergeant Ernest G. Bucklew of Darlington, U.S. Army KIA , age 33 of Enon Valley, PA<br>Assigned to Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, CO. was killed in action from an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq, the 2nd of November of 2003.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Specialist Shawn M. Davies, U.S. Army, age 22 of Aliquippa, Hopewell Township,PA<br>Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood,TX. passed on the 8th of July 2004 from a non-combat related illness in Baghdad, Iraq.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Private Dylan R. Paytas U.S. Army KIA, age 20 of Freedom, PA<br>Assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA. passed on the 16th of November 2005 from injuries sustained from multiple gunshot wounds in Baqubah, Iraq.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Sergeant Allen R. Bevington, U.S. Army KIA, age 22 of Beaver Falls, PA<br>Assigned to 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany passed on the 21st of September 2006 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near him during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Sergeant Joshua J. Rimer, U.S. Army KIA, age 24 of New Sewickley Township,PA<br>Assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, CO. passed on the 22nd of July 2009 of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Sergeant Robert C. Sisson Jr., U.S. Army, age 29 of Aliquippa, PA<br>Assigned to 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, CO passed on 21 February 2011 in a non-combat incident in Saryah Kalach, Afghanistan.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Staff Sergeant Dylan J. Elchin. U.S. Air Force KIA, age 25 of Beaver and Hookstown,PA<br>Assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico and was killed in action by an improvised explosive device in Ghazni province, Afghanistan the 18th of November 2018.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Also with SSgt Dylan J. Elchin:<br>Captain Andrew Patrick Ross USA KIA, age 29 of Lexington, VA<br>Sergeant First Class Eric Michael Emond USA KIA age 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington<br>Sergeant Jason Mitchell McClary USA KIA, age 24 of Export, PA</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Please join us to Honor Our Fallen, all who served our country with honor, it's now our turn to honor them.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><u>Primary Staging:</u></b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Saturday, 10 June 2023 -- 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><b><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Sta</font></font></font></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><b>ging: </b>9:30 AM</span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Hopewell Community Park</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">2500 Laird Dr, Aliquippa, Pa 15001<br></font></font></font><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/MzGSwkjEMBQ6EdNKA?coh=178571&entry=tt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"><font face="inherit"><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:11pt">https://goo.gl/maps/MzGSwkjEMBQ6EdNKA?coh=178571&entry=tt</font></font></span></a></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><br><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt"><b>Briefing: </b>9:45 AM</span><br></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Flag Line: </b>10:00 AM</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Ceremony:</b> 10:00 AM</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Members can attend all of a mission or any part of the mission. PGR sets no time for a member to escort and or stand a mission. We Thank you for whatever time you give us and the families of our heroes appreciate your time.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:17.29px;margin-bottom:0.08in"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">Please bring your 3×5 hand held American flags.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0in;border:none;padding:0in;line-height:17.29px"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Ride Captain: </b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0in;border:none;padding:0in;line-height:17.29px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Randy Ruff</span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0in;border:none;padding:0in;line-height:17.29px"><a href="mailto:randyaruff@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"><font face="inherit"><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:11pt">randyaruff@gmail.com</font></font></span></a></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0in;border:none;padding:0in;line-height:17.29px"><font color="#050505"><font face="inherit"><font style="font-size:11pt">412-613-2109</font></font></font></p><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div><div><br></div><div>Tiffany L Simmons</div><div><span><div><font size="2"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Vet Rep West<br></span></i></font></div><div><font size="2"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Pennsylvania Patriot Guard Riders</span></i></font></div><div><font size="2"><i><a href="mailto:pgrpa.hoth.west@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">pgrpa.vetrep.west@gmail.com</a><br></i></font>724-826-1928<font size="2"><i><br></i></font></div></span></div></div><br></span><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri"><font size="4">Joyce Pawlowski</font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:medium">Asst. State Captain - East</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt">PA Patriot Guard Riders<br><font color="#1155cc"><a href="http://www.papatriotguard.org" target="_blank">www.papatriotguard.org</a></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt"><font color="#1155cc"><a href="http://www.patriotguard.org/" target="_blank">www.patriotguard.org</a></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt">email: <a href="mailto:pgrpa.asc.east@gmail.com" target="_blank">pgrpa.asc.east@gmail.com</a></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt">phone: (570) 640-7567</div><div style="font-family:Calibri"><i>continuing Gerry's mission</i></div><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt"> </div><div style="font-family:Calibri"><font size="1">****************************************************************************************</font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri"><font size="1">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>