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Old Apr 11, 2019 | 02:38 PM
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Default Escorting 100 year old WWII vet to the White House

With living near Arlington National Cemetery I have way too many opportunities to ride and stand for veterans we have lost.

Today I got to ride for a living veteran, 100 year old Sidney Walton, a WWII veteran, is on a mission to visit all 50 State Governors and the US President. Today was his day to meet President Donald Trump and the Virginia Patriot Guard was invited to ride and escort him. He wanted to see bikes and flags, we did our best to not let him down.

https://gosidneygo.com/






 
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Thank you for doing it right!
 
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Thank you ! Great post !
 
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Big thank you for the awesome post.

An AWESOME thank you to Mr. Walton.
 
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Thank you!
 
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Local News covered his visit and our ride. We had to change our ride route because they had set up a camera crew on what they thought was the best route.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/l...b-dccb31f07c05

And here is my video, I moved my PGR Banner up higher than usual.


One of my fellow riders made a better video.

 
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That is so cool.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2020 | 09:52 PM
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That is so cool.
It was very cool, and it looks like Sidney is still going.

https://gosidneygo.com/
 
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Awesome link.
 
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And Sidney is coming back to DC, going to be at the WWII memorial on Veterans Day.
 
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