Hog-Riding Chaplain to Bikers at Blessing: 'Let's Ride'
Chaplains from various police and fire departments blessed motorcycles on Sunday in honor of a police officer who died while riding in 2004. The group heads out Tuesday to Springfield for the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Ceremony.
Bikers from all walks of life rode to Tinley Sunday morning on cycles of all makes, models and colors. But the group shared one goal—to get their motorcycles blessed in honor of a fallen police officer. Red Knights, Blue Knights, Renegade Pigs and others convened at the Tinley Park Police Department on 183rd Street to honor the tradition, which began six years ago. The George McDonough Memorial Bike Blessing is a nod to a Homewood and Thornton police officer who died in May 2004. McDonough lost control of his cycle that year while returning from the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Ceremony in Springfield, Ill. The blessing is now hosted annually by the South Suburban Police Chaplain's Coalition. The idea? Bless every motorcycle possible …
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