Patriot Guard Riders - Wisconsin State Captain's, "Sort of End of Year Update" - January 2025 Note - If you need to copy/paste one of the below email addresses instead of clicking it, please click the link once before doing so. You won't notice anything, but the correct email address will unlock. This is a anti-spam measure. Just an all around update for the past year. Last year we did 98 Honor Missions, about the number we were doing pre-covid. Some are sad, some a relief for the family, some a celebration of a life well lived and some, my favorites, are the repatriations for past wars back to WWII. Many of you know I think out of the box but the first one I did like this was in Ashland years ago and will do them this way whenever it's the right way to do so, I treat these as Welcome Homes and should we be involved in an escort, I refer to it as a Homecoming Parade. You've figured out by now, these heroes didn't come home and start a family as we are often working with a great niece or nephew who didn't even know our hero existed. After talking with the next of kin I suggest to the funeral director that they contact every media outlet within 50 miles. Let all the Smithville residents know their beloved Son of Smithville hero is coming home after 70 years. So see a town of 800 line the streets with 100 flag waving families and schools lined up along the road (knowing the reasons will be discussed that day) takes my breath away. In Delavan a few years back, a great niece was convinced no one would come but as we arrived at the cemetery to hundreds of proud citizens (some of whom knew the family) she just held my hand and cried. Some may think I'm evil but sometimes it's nice to make people cry. So Back to The Future... I had the pleasure last week of speaking to a division of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association. Many "kinda heard of you" but they did get the new fliers and it has a QR code right on the back to take them to the Request A Mission page so we will get better information. Now if we get more requests, we need more members for the line. There are 2 sources: If you know a member that hasn't been active, give 'em a call when you make a mission and ask them to join you and we can use new members and after Camp Serentiy I listed some RCs that have recruitment fliers. Again, a QR code takes them directly to the sign up page. Perhaps 2-3 at a lot of locations as many bulletin boards get trashed once a month. If every member attended ONE mission a year we'd have 18 at every mission. Without details, we have a number of medical issues amongst or Brothers and Sisters who can use your prayers. We ARE family. I am truly blessed, John "Tango" Curran State Captain Patriot Guard Riders - Wisconsin Email: SCREMOVE@patriotguard-wiREMOVE.org Website: www.patriotguard-wi.org