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Maine advocate for bikers named to Sturgis hall of fame
by Outspoken on Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:51 am
Maine advocate for bikers named to Sturgis hall of fame
By Walter Griffin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
BELFAST, Maine - Chairman of the Maine Human Rights Commission and former Maine State Prison Warden Paul K. Vestal will be inducted into the Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame at Sturgis Motorcycle Museum in South Dakota later this summer.
Vestal of Plymouth was selected as a 2008 inductee for his decades of work protecting the rights of motorcyclists.
"Well, it was pretty shocking when I found out about it. It’s not something you really focus on when you’re out here in Maine," Vestal said. "I’m really pleased with it. It’s quite an honor."
The Freedom Fighters work for changes in laws and regulations that affect bikers, a movement that got started in the 1970s in response to proposals to implement a federal helmet law. The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum has been recognizing their work through its Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame since its inception in 2001.
Vestal and Fredric W. Harrell, founder of the Nevada Association of Concerned Motorcyclists, will be recognized for their years of dedication to motorcyclists’ rights at the Sturgis museum’s annual hall of fame induction breakfast on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Spearfish, S.D.
Sturgis is the home of an annual summer motorcycle rally that is one of the largest in the country.
"Each year the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recognizes the sacrifices that individuals across the nation and the world have made to protect the rights of those who ride," said museum executive director Christine Paige Diers. "Their names are engraved into the Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame, a growing list of exemplary and tenacious men and women who serve diligently, humbly and quietly so that we may enjoy the liberties that many of us take for granted."
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By Walter Griffin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
BELFAST, Maine - Chairman of the Maine Human Rights Commission and former Maine State Prison Warden Paul K. Vestal will be inducted into the Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame at Sturgis Motorcycle Museum in South Dakota later this summer.
Vestal of Plymouth was selected as a 2008 inductee for his decades of work protecting the rights of motorcyclists.
"Well, it was pretty shocking when I found out about it. It’s not something you really focus on when you’re out here in Maine," Vestal said. "I’m really pleased with it. It’s quite an honor."
The Freedom Fighters work for changes in laws and regulations that affect bikers, a movement that got started in the 1970s in response to proposals to implement a federal helmet law. The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum has been recognizing their work through its Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame since its inception in 2001.
Vestal and Fredric W. Harrell, founder of the Nevada Association of Concerned Motorcyclists, will be recognized for their years of dedication to motorcyclists’ rights at the Sturgis museum’s annual hall of fame induction breakfast on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Spearfish, S.D.
Sturgis is the home of an annual summer motorcycle rally that is one of the largest in the country.
"Each year the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recognizes the sacrifices that individuals across the nation and the world have made to protect the rights of those who ride," said museum executive director Christine Paige Diers. "Their names are engraved into the Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame, a growing list of exemplary and tenacious men and women who serve diligently, humbly and quietly so that we may enjoy the liberties that many of us take for granted."
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=166316&zoneid=500
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