On Sunday we headed into D.C. after church with two other friends for the Rolling Thunder event. For those of you who aren't familiar with Rolling Thunder, here's some info from the newspaper...
"It's all part of the annual Rolling Thunder Memorial Day tradition. U.S. Park Police said over 300,000 bikers from all over the nation rallied Sunday. The event began early Sunday at the Pentagon, with a thunderous parade to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and out to the National Mall. The parade, now in its 20th year, is intended to provide moral support for troops. The ride began as a post-Vietnam protest of American POW/MIA policy and has blossomed into an annual rally drawing thousands of bike-mounted veterans from across the country. The patriotic display is usually mostly made up of Vietnam vets in their 60s, but some elderly Korean War veterans and even some younger ones who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were seen Sunday."
It's quite a moving event. If you ever get the chance to come to D.C. for Memorial Day, I highly recommend it. It's amazing to see all the bikes and talk to the big, burly, tattooed biker dudes, who are very tenderhearted and love their country and each other. They're like a big family and they support each other fiercely.
Here's part of the parade on Constitution Avenue.
This is a cool guy we chatted with at the Vietnam Memorial.
This is also part of the parade. Notice the lone Marine who stood there most of the day to salute the bikers/veterans. It was 90 degrees and humid and he didn't move a muscle. Yet another reason I'd like to marry a Marine!
Here I am on one of the bikes. So fun! I had a skirt on, so it was interesting to get on it without flashing everyone!
And here's Liz on the same bike, but with the biker dude...he had quite a few tattoos!
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Holy awesomness, batman. Totally wish I would have been there! Bikes, tattoos and marines. Mmmm...
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