Sky Riders

Remembering Our ALR Brothers and Sisters

Rick Wiles

- 2006

Gary Williams

- 2006

Gene Morris

- 2006

American Legion Riders

Speedway Post 500

1926 North Georgetown Road

Speedway, Indiana 46224

Are there any of our American Legion Riders Members whom I’ve left off?

I also need to know when we lost them and what branch of the Service if Applicable. Please Let Me Know

Life without that of one who serves their country proud, freely, and valiantly would be a life void of love, dreams and freedom; A life void of the many treasures so many of us call life… children, comrades, friends, cars, boats, motorcycles, photos, books, stories, smiles, all a part of life.

To those of you who wear the uniform or colors of your country with pride today, and for those of you who wore the uniform or colors in days past, these few words go out to you, and hope they bring life in its fullness unto you and yours.

You gave of yourself, to protect and keep that life which you had learned and begun to love. You gave of your family, you gave of your life, some came home, some never did, some live in our memories, some in our tears, taken in life both young and old, no score card to determine who went and who returned.

So accept these simple words of thanks…

Thank You... Rest Now

Dick Williams

- 2007

Bill Roberts

- 2007

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew whereof he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For old Bob has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived a quiet,
Ordinary kind of life.

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier--
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end?

He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."

Author unknown

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