Special bicycle gives a taste of freedom to Veterans Home residents

Monday, June 20, 2016

Residents at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau have been more mobile than usual lately, thanks to a recent donation, and soon will be even more so. As more than 100 people gathered for music and barbecue Saturday afternoon, a wheelchair bicycle tandem could be seen looping around the parking lot.

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