Don't forget Roy Rogers

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I don't know how many of you grew up on Roy Rogers and Trigger, but I certainly did. If truly "good" men are considered heroes, he is certainly one of them. I could go on about Roy, how amazing Trigger was, and how much I enjoyed watching his shows, but we all know these things.
I'm posting about this because I just learned that the Roy Rogers Museum has closed and all of the items are being auctioned off, including Trigger. This just breaks my heart. All of these treasured items so dear to Roy and Dale will be forever scattered. How I wish I had the money to buy them all and open a free museum to keep them as Roy wished, and to keep his memory alive. The closing of the museum shows that we tend to forget things and people in our past that we should hold dear. Roy Rogers and his movies held up old fashioned values, doing what was right, even when it isn't always easy. I don't know about you but I don't think we can afford to forget men like Roy Rogers.



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  1. jane augensteinJune 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    Awww, that is so sad! Why, why won't their kids keep it going? Heartbreaking, I loved Roy and Trigger. My first horse was named Trigger; I'll bet there are lots of us out there that named our horse Trigger!

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  2. KathleenJune 11, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    How sad! I grew up on Roy Rogers and I actually saw Trigger when he was in TX at a museum many, many years ago. I tell Hershey that he looks just like Trigger...

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  3. Heart of a CowgirlJuly 11, 2010 at 12:55 AM

    Yes,that is very sad, I agree. Some things will always live on in memory, though. Happy Trails...

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