Memorial Day

Incorporated in 1995, Rolling Thunder®, Inc. is a non-profit organization with over 80 chartered chapters throughout the United States and members abroad. Membership is comprised of men and women with 40-45% being non-veterans with the balance being veterans from all wars and peace-time. Although many of its members ride motorcycles, a person does not have to own or ride a motorcycle to be a member, just the time and willingness to be an advocate for troops, veterans, and POW/MIA’s. - information taken from official Rolling Thunder Website

Bikes, Bikes, everywhere!

Local news stations estimated 300,000 Rolling Thunder
participants this year!

Bikers buying pins

Every year, on Memorial Day weekend, the Rolling Thunder participants ride from the Pentagon to the Vietnam War Memorial. We happened to be there right during that time. There were SO MANY bikes! It was a lot of fun to watch, even though it was noisy!


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Support for Troops

Patriotic Musician

Concert at the Capitol

Unfortunately, a storm blew in a couple hours before the concert at the Capitol was scheduled. We had just gotten through security and were sitting on the lawn, waiting. However, the Capitol police ended up evacuating the area just before the rain hit. We waited for a bit under the shelter of a nearby building, but eventually just went on home. The concert did go on, however, as the storm was short lived. We just ended up watching it from our comfortable couch and not sitting on the wet grass!