16 years ago today....

[Paul Danik]

The text below is taken from "The POG at Ten" compiled by Ed Youngblood. It is extremely hard to believe that 16 years have passed from the time that wonderful gathering took place in the center of Amherst. On that evening Ed Youngblood, then President of the AMA, along with then AMA employee Will Stoner, officially announced that John Penton would be the Grand Marshall at VMD 2000, and the POG was then most certainly, "off and running".

Below is Ed Youngblood's text.

January 23, 1999, the POG hosts a special recognition dinner for John Penton in Amherst, Ohio, where he is presented his Motorcycle Hall of Fame gold medal and a special certificate of recognition by the Mayor of the City, declaring it "John Penton Day" in Amherst. John's sister Pat Leimbach is a featured speaker. KTM hosts a reception and Jack Penton conducts a tour of the Penton homestead and the original "chicken coop" Penton Brothers motorcycle shop. Al Born compiles and presents to John a scrapbook on Penton history.

Today, January 23, 2015, a loyal and enthusiastic group of friends and Family will do what they have done ever since that special evening on each January 23rd., celebrate John Penton Day in Amherst.

Happy John Penton Day to all, and most especially to John Penton!

Paul

[hankthecrank]

Happy John Penton day Amherst, and Happy John Penton day Mr. John Penton.

Hank Rinehart