Greater Nashua

MERRIMACK - Members and associates of American Legion Riders Chapter 98 of the American Legion Post 98 in Merrimack have long been a powerful two-wheeled presence at Independence Day parades, Memorial Day events, military funerals and related occasions of high regard. The evening of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks upon the United States in 2001 brought them together once more to honor the nearly 3,000 documented innocents and first responders killed that day. "Post 98 Legionnaires, riders, sons and auxiliary will always take the opportunity to pay tribute to those lost on 9/11," said Mike Burke, post commander and U.S. Air Force veteran. "Everyone should make an effort to bring back the American pride we felt on 9/12." The nearly 50 participants on site at Post 98 were unified in renewing a commitment to embrace freedom through the reinforcement of countrymen's ...