Rolling Thunder Chapter 4 participates in POW/MIA flag raising

Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 12:40 p.m. — Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter 4 Kentucky in association with The Lusk Group performed a POW/MIA flag raising on June 9, 2012 at 820 South Dixie Highway in Muldraugh, Kentucky.

The guest speakers for the event were Kentucky State Director for Rolling Thunder Inc. A.R. Boots Edwards and Lou Garcia the Assistant State Director . The owner of The Lusk Group, Harry Lusk was also a speaker.The flag raising team consisted of John Locke, Mike Preston, Cap Stanley, Mike Hill and Charley Wachowski. Mark Gill lead the formation of Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter Four Kentucky members.

A.R. Boots Edwards presented a history of the POW/MIA Flag. The origin goes back to 1971 when the wife of a MIA serviceman recognized a need for a symbol for the POW/MIAs. The design chosen shows a silhouette of a man’s head with barbed wire and a watchtower in the background. Below the design, the flag bears the motto “You Are Not Forgotten.” In 1990, the 101st Congress officially recognized the POW/MIA flag. The flag has flown over the White House continually since 1982 and over the Capitol rotunda. Locations for the POW/MIA flag are The White House, The Capitol, The Korean War Veterans Memorial, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The World War ll Memorial, each national cemetery. It is also flown at each military installation, United States Postal Service. Approximately 89,000 servicemen remain missing from all American wars since World War ll.

Monthly meetings for Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter Four Kentucky are open to the public and held the first Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm in the Lebanon Junction Community Center, 135 N. Poplar St., Lebanon Junction, KY 40150. While many members of Rolling Thunder are veterans and ride motorcycles, neither is a requirement to join. Members are of all ages, men and women, veterans and non-veterans. All are united in the cause to bring full accountability for Prisoners Of War(POW) and Missing In Action(MIA) of all wars, reminding the government, the media and the public by our “watchwords: “We Will Not Forget.”

For more information, please visit our website at: rollingthunderkych4.com.

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