text: In reply to message71131: Patriot Guard Riders is a NON-POLITICAL motorcycle group that rides escorts for military funerals and attends military funerals (on request). They are also recognized by the VA centers/cemeteries. They started as the 'flag guard/motorcycle guard' when the Kansas radical "christian" (small "c" intentional) group was protesting/boycotting US involvement in the wars after 9/11, standing between the protestors and the funerals/funeral homes, gunning their engines to drown out the protest and flying a side & long flag line. It progressed to riding escorts to funerals and maintaining a flag line at the cemetery. TOTALLY, non-militia in ANY way. 'Some' may be 3%ers, OKers, but not broadcast during an escort/flag-line.