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Code Of Support

Maryland did the PGR proud on 9/11.  We provided 99% of the scoots for this last leg of the PGR relay and it was a beautiful sight looking back along the highway.   Thank you to all who came out and supported the delivery of the scroll capsule.  You should remember the day forever, standing at the USAF Memorial and looking down at the Pentagon on the 10th Anniversary of the attacks.  A fitting place for us to be, doing what we love, to bring that attention of the Nation to true support of the Troops.  As was written a few years ago now, "The Military is at war.  America is at the mall."  Hopefully the Code of Support will get every day Americans off their duffs and help them demonstrate that support with something other than the yellow ribbon on their cage.

Code of Support has put pictures of the last leg on their facebook page. 

Code of Support on CNN

CBS Interview

The  roar of the Patriot Guard Riders bikes announced that the scroll of the Code of Support, and the dog tags of  Sgt. Ronald Coffelt had  arrived  at the AirForce Memorial on 9/11/11 after a cross-country odyssey beginning in Oceanside, California nine days ago. The  dog tags of Sgt. Coffelt were given to the Patriot Guard Riders by his widow and his children, and they were passed along with the scroll, from ride captain to ride captain with the words “guard these with your life.”

With the sun shining off the curved spires of the Air Force Memorial, overlooking the Pentagon and the 9/11 commemoration held there, Major General Alan Salisbury, Founder and Chairperson of Code of Support, and Kristy Kaufmann, Executive Director, spoke of the reason for the Code of Support. The drive to remind the “other 99%” of the sacrifices and service of the less than 1%, the service members and their families,  the veterans and their families.  To connect  the partners that have joined with The Code Of Support to help families, the servicemen, and veterans, the ability of non-military people to connect with groups that need their help; these are the reasons that The Code Of Support was born.

There were speeches by partners including the Red Cross and The Mission Continues.  Then a quiet man stood, a member of The Patriot Guard Riders , Kevin Rock. And with his soft-spoken few sentences coalesced the reason for the day for those gathered there. It was to remember 9/11 but for the Code of Support it was to remember, to support the 1%. His quiet dignity and heartfelt tribute brought everyone to their feet, reduced the military spouses in the audience to tears.

Good Job everyone!