Quaker Steak & Lube's 8th annual Patriots Day event is Thursday

AUSTINTOWN — Quaker Steak & Lube, 5800 Interstate Blvd., will host its 8th Annual Patriot Day Bike Nite beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The event will pay tribute to our men and women in uniform and honor both past and present armed forces members.

A U.S. National Accuracy Champion skydiver will drop into the event at 7 p.m. There will be military displays such as the Marlboro Volunteers Mobile Museum of U.S. Military History and service vehicles onsite, including a 9/11 fire truck, Pumper Engine 293.

Mia Colon, a 2014 Austintown Fitch High School graduate, will sing the national anthem, and taps will be performed by Marc Pupino, assistant band director at Fitch. Also, all those with a military ID will receive 20 percent off their meals.