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Jim Vance's Memorial (Family Request)

by Robert Freeman on 09/10/17

We have been asked by his family to attend the memorial celebration for the late Jim Vance on our motorcycles.  For those that can participate the information is provided below:

 

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017

Time: Arrive by 8:30 AM

Location: Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts Aves. NW, DC

 

Dress: Uniform pants (or dark pants), WHITE shirt with dark tie and chapter colors.

 

To ride together we will....

MEET:  7:00 am

Depart: 7:30 am

From:  McDonalds Capitol Plaza

6200 Annapolis Rd. 

Landover Hills, Md

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BRANDYWINE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - The Prince George's County police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash is being remembered at a service on Wednesday. The services will be help at the Spirit of Faith Christian Center in Brandywine.
Officer Davon McKenzie was off-duty when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle along Interstate 495 in the Largo area around 11 p.m. on May 28. He died from his injuries a short time later at a nearby hospital.
McKenzie was assigned to the Bureau of Patrol and joined the Prince George's County Police Department in March of 2017. He was 24 years old and worked as a School Resource Officer at William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale.
Attention Blue Knights members both far and wide! On December 4, 2019, Kirk Williams from Maryland I transferred from chapter to Heaven I. To grieve this loss, Kirk leaves behind a wife of 34 years and two adult children. While speaking with Kirk's wife, Maxine, it was learned that she was a patch collector, which she thoroughly enjoyed.. We are seeking assistance from our Brothers and Sisters at this time by asking if you can help us enhance Maxine's collection thereby giving her an outlet to work through her grief. If you are able to assist, please send the patch to: Blue Knights Maryland - I, P.O. Box 52, Bladensburg, Maryland 20710.

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Fellow Blue Knights, 

It is with great sadness that we must advise all of passing of the Founder of the Blue Knights, Ed Gallant, transferred to the Heaven 1 chapter. A very modest and humble man who loved the Blue Knights, it was his idea to start the club in 1974. 

What began as a single chapter with 7 members has grown to almost 16,000 members, 599 chapters, in 31 countries. Ed nor any of the Founding Fathers had any clue it would ever get to where it is today.

Please keep his lovely wife Maggie and Ed’s family in your thoughts and prayers. He is now riding again with fellow Heaven 1 chapter members and Founding Fathers Doug Minor, Joel Rudom, Chuck Gessner, and Bill Robinson. Thank you for your friendship and rest in paradise Ed you'll be missed. 

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