Renee Simons of Lampasas, Texas prepares her bike as a Patriot Guard Rider in the Home Depot parking lot in Beaumont on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2006. More than 200 riders from Texas and Louisiana provided a barrier for the family of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. from eight protestors from a Baptist church in Kansas.
Photos © Mark M. Hancock / NewsEagles
Patriot Guard Riders gather in the Home Depot parking lot before they ride to honor the soldier killed in Iraq.
Motorcycle riders wearing different club colors combine to form the Patriot Guard Riders as they listen to ride instructions before the funeral in Beaumont.
Patriot Guard Riders listen to ride instructions before riding from the Home Depot parking lot to the funeral of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. in Beaumont.
Carrie Johnson of Orange waits for other Patriot Guard Riders to arrive in the Home Depot parking lot.
Renee Simons of Lampasas, Texas reflects on her gas tank as she prepares her bike as a Patriot Guard Rider in the Home Depot parking lot.
Patriot Guard Riders fill most of the Home Depot parking lot before riding to the funeral of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr.
Milton McKinney of Houston (left) helps orchestrate the Patriot Guard Riders as they leave to provide a barrier of honor.
Military veterans within the Patriot Guard Riders line the road with American flags to provide a barrier to honor the family of the fallen soldier.
Patriot Guard Riders provide a barrier to honor as family and friends arrive for the funeral.
Patriot Guard Riders reflect off vehicles as they provide a barrier on both sides of the road to honor the family of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. as his family and friends arrive before the funeral.
Patriot Guard Riders place their hands over their hearts as the family and friends of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. arrive before his funeral.
Patriot Guard Riders provide a barrier to honor before the funeral.
Patriot Guard Riders provide a barrier to honor the family of Staff Sgt. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. before his funeral in Beaumont.
Please see additional photos at Fayrouz's Chaldean Thoughts blog and/or read "Solemn salute to Southeast Texan who died in Iraq" by Christine Rappleye and "Counterprotesters outnumber funeral picketers from Kansas" by Rolando Garcia.
2 comments:
I'm a thinking that some of these Kansas protestors are lucky to get to be getting away from Texas intact. I admire the way your paper covered the funeral.
Out of curiosity...how many images of protestors did the desk decide to run?
The police were protecting the protesters, not the other way around.
I've been running on other projects and haven't looked at the paper since the funeral. I doubt we wasted any page space on the infamous protesters. Since many readers (and staffers) are military vets, the space and honor is paid to the heroes who deserve it.
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