"As an American asked to serve, I was prepared to fight, to be wounded, to be captured and even prepared to die, but I was not prepared to be abandoned.” – Former POW Eugene "Red" McDaniel
NH Freedom Ride ~ Save the Date!
22nd Annual POW/MIA Freedom Ride….
”THE RIDE TO THE ROCK”
JUNE 18, 2015 ~ THURSDAY @ 7:00 PM
HESKY PARK MEREDITH
27th Anniversary of the Vigil
22nd Anniversary of the Freedom Ride
For the past 22 years bikers attending Laconia Motorcycle Week have joined forces on Thursday afternoon and made history in the Northeast. Over the past several years, over 20 thousand motorcyclists have ridden their motorcycles in the Northeast POW/MIA Network® Freedom Ride. This year join us for the ride from all points in Country to “The Rock” Hesky Park, Meredith. The ROCK in Hesky Park in Meredith is now ‘The States Original POW/MIA Memorial’.
The Freedom Ride is slated to begin at 6PM on Thursday, June 18, 2015, with line up beginning at 5PM at the Route 11 ~ 1407 Lakeshore Road, Gilford, NH 03249 (Lowe’s parking). This year looks to break all years in participation as organizers have joined forces with Blue and Gold Star Mothers of N.H., all veterans and veteran organizations, together with all bikers and biker organizations.
It is the hope of all those people who are actively involved in the POW/MIA Northeast Network that this year’s Freedom Ride will exceed all others in attendance.
For those who have yet to participate in the Freedom Ride, the real focus of the ride is to bring into light an issue that affects hundreds of Americans and their families, those men and women missing in action or held prisoner during times of war and/or conflict.
The Freedom Ride brings riders to The State’s Original POW/MIA Memorial, “The Rock”, at Hesky Park in Meredith where members of the Northeast POW/MIA Network conduct a vigil to honor those forgotten by our government.
The Northeast POW/MIA Network vigil in Meredith gained nationwide attention some 27 years ago when a small group of veterans began holding weekly Thursday night vigils to bring to light the nation’s lack of effort to account for all service men and women missing from Vietnam. Through times of basking heat, ridged rain storms and mid-winter snows, this small group of people held vigils to gain people’s attention to the fact that members of our armed forces were unaccounted for and forgotten.
If you are unable to participate in the Freedom Ride, please make time to be at Hesky Park for the vigil that begins at 7PM.
Let’s make this year’s Freedom Ride & Vigil the largest by taking a few hours of your time during the Rally and participating. Let your voice be heard.
" Goal of the Network is and has always been support of the American POW (Man or Woman) and His/Her Family. A known captured American Soldier is a POW. Not a Hostage or Detainee. The POW/MIA issue is one of Faith, Trust, Truth, Responsibility and Accountability. Those who serve in uniform and become captive can be assured that there are those who stand and will continue to stand by their side and do everything in their power to bring awareness to their plight 'without question' and upon their return to the Country and people they serve." Let Us Not Forget is the code we live by !
If you or your group are interested in riding in the Freedom Ride and need more information, please contact President: Don Amorosi ~ kris1976@verizon.net or Director: Bob Jones ~ Contact@northeastpowmianetwork.org or visit our website: www.northeastpowmianetwork.org
This is the year we ALL CAME together in the effort to make it the largest gathering ever in New England…All Bikers together, All Veterans together for the POW/MIA issue.
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