PGR_NTX Patriot Guard HOTH: Red Cross Placement, Desert, TX, 09 AUG 08

[Mission Information For North Texas PGR]

Motorcycle Fatality Red Cross Placement  Ceremony
Saturday, August 9,  2008
Desert, TX
 
 
Regarding the red cross  fatality marker. Everyone has seen the white crosses 
on the side of the road  representing a motor vehicle fatality that has 
happened there. The American  Legion of Montana started the idea in 1953. It 
quickly gained recognition. The  public became so aware of a bad curve, dangerous 
intersection, etc. because of  the number of white crosses that the state came 
in and changed the road to make  it safe. I have proposed and had it approved 
by the TxDOT to place a Red Cross  instead of a white one anywhere there is a 
'motorcycle' fatality to make people  aware that someone was killed on a 
motorcycle at the spot where the red  cross is located. It will let people know that 
motorcycles are out there  and to maybe look twice when driving. With the gas 
prices the way they are more  and more people are riding on 2 wheels. The 
rest of the states are waiting on us  to place the first red cross and they will 
follow our lead in their  state. The first red cross to be placed will be 
dedicated in memory of my  friend Jim Cook. He was a member of the American 
Legion, ALR,PGR, and was a Navy  Vet.  THANK YOU for helping us get the word  out.  
Ride Captain: Mike "Kokomo"  Grove 903-815-3573 _kokomo007 at hotmail.com_ 
(mailto:kokomo007 at hotmail.com)  
Staging: 1030  (10:30 AM) Saturday, 09 AUG 08 at the Exxon Station on the 
southwest  corner of HWY 121 and HWY 160 in Desert, TX. We will walk a short 
distance  (approx. 50 yards) and set up a flag line for the family to pass through 
for the  placement of the first Red Cross. 
Weather: Probably very hot  so please hydrate. 
Mike "Kokomo"  Grove 
North Texas Ride  Captain 




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