The Patriot Guard Riders roared into a crowded Mathewson Exhibition Center on several hundred motorcycles on Sunday to open the Missouri State Fair’s Military Appreciation Day program.
“We started a tradition last year with the first Military Appreciation Day,” said Gov. Jay Nixon in remarks to the audience. “We decided based on that first year to come back again this year. Military Appreciation Day at the Missouri State Fair gives us the chance in some small measure to give recognition to the men and women of Missouri who have stepped forward and served their country both in times of peace and times of conflict.”
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