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Remember Our Fallen Ride: Mission Complete
We arrived in DC on Friday and visited the Lincoln Memorial, The Vietnam War Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial on Saturday. However, my mission wasn’t complete until I visited the WWII War Memorial today (Sunday). I promised my friend … Continue reading
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Tagged Korean War Memorial, Remember Our Fallen Ride, The Wall, Washington DC
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Remember Our Fallen day 10: Arrival!!
Today was so very exciting for me. When I rode the last day to DC with another organization, I was riding with my dad. Unfortunately, he had a mechanical issue with his bike and we found ourselves arriving to DC … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycle Riding
Tagged Arlington, motorcycles, Ride for our Fallen, Virginia, Washington DC
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Captain’s Blog, Remember Our Fallen Ride Date, day 9; Students, Students, and Happy Birthday’s
The title is a shout-out to my son who suggested that since I’m a retired US Army Captain, I go full Star Trek. My family and a few riders started the day at our hotel with the presentation of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston Captiol, motorcycles, nitro, Rainelle, Remember Our Fallen Ride
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Remember Our Fallen Day 8: Science, Reunions, and Flags
There are so many things to write about today that I’m afraid I’m not going to do any of them the justice they deserve. In short, we encountered friends we’ve not seen for several years, visited the amazing Kentucky Vietnam … Continue reading
Remember Our Fallen ride Day 7: Sweltering Heat and Soaring Spirits
Today’s ride started in Wentzville Missouri, the site of the first Vietnam war memorial in the United States. We staged at a local church then were escorted by a contingent of police motorcycles to the memorial a few miles away. … Continue reading
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Tagged Graville, Remember Our Fallen Ride, Veterans, Wentzville
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Remember Our Fallen ride Day 6: Raining in our helmets
Today’s route ran from Junction City Kansas to Wentzville Missouri. It was a hot humid day with some wind, but nothing serious. We felt a few sprinkles early but those were very short-lived. All in all, it was great riding … Continue reading
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Tagged Concordia, Remember Our Fallen Ride, Veterans, Wentzville
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Rain soaked morning: Remember Our Fallen ride day 5
Today, I took very few photos. It was a miserable morning and taking pictures just wasn’t feasible. We were up at 5:00, at McDonalds by 6:00, and ready for the morning safety briefing by 6:15. We ate while we listened … Continue reading
Remember Our Fallen days 3 and 4
We have now traveled about half of the miles we will traverse to get to Washington DC and have six days remaining in our mission. Day’s three and four travel from Gallup NM to Limon CO. Each morning we have … Continue reading
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Remember Our Fallen Ride Day 2
Day 2 found us riding from Williams Arizona to Gallup New Mexico. The wind was out in force, but we were not deterred from our mission of remembering those whom we have lost. We were also reminded today that about … Continue reading
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Remember Our Fallen ride Day 1
Today was day one of the Remember Our Fallen ride. We left our hotel at about 7:00 am and rode to the staging area about 20 minutes away. There we met two other groups making a similar journey along different … Continue reading
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Tagged motorcycles, Remember Our Fallen Ride, Veterans, Williams AZ
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