Nation of Patriots 2016 Patriot Tour makes its way to Waukon ...

The Nation of Patriots, a volunteer organization with a mission to provide financial support to families of wounded military veterans who have made sacrifices in service to their country, brought its 2016 Patriot Tour through Waukon last week on its way to completion of its annual three-month summer tour across the country. Tour participants display a United States flag which is transferred between riders at each designated stop along the tour. The tour began over the Memorial Day weekend from Madison, WI, making its way through every one of the contiguous 48 United States before finally ending up back in Madison, WI, where it arrived Saturday, September 3.

Riders from Ames brought the flag in to Waukon Friday afternoon, September 2, with nearly two dozen motorcycles meeting at the Waukon Wellness Center before traversing through downtown Waukon on the way to Waukon Harley-Davidson (pictured below), where they ceremoniously transferred the flag for its final leg of the tour to Madison, WI. Pictured at right, left to right, at Waukon Harley-Davidson, Merle Johnson awaits to receive the flag for its final journey to Madison, WI, while Doc Phillips addresses the crowd at the flag transfer ceremony and Randy Johns, who was part of the group transporting the flag from Ames, displays the flag. For more information about the Patriot Tour or the Nation of Patriots, visit www.nationofpatriots.org.