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Memorial Day motorcycle rally gets staging area, up to 100K bikes expected
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Motorcycle rally gets staging area, up to 100K bikes expected
John Aaron | jaaron@wtop.com
May 12, 2021, 11:22 AM
Things are coming together for a major Memorial Day weekend motorcycle rally. It now has an official starting area and it looks like more bikers could be coming.
“At the very last minute, the mayor came through for us,” said Joe Chenelly, executive director of AMVETS. The veterans service organization is arranging the ‘Rolling to Remember’ event, which is the successor to ‘Rolling Thunder.’
Bikers will now be allowed to use RFK Stadium’s Lot 8 for staging on May 30, before heading to the National Mall.
Chenelly said he and others were meeting with regional law enforcement agencies when the good news came in. He said he believes “law enforcement was concerned about the disruption to the community for us to be staging in the streets,” which was an alternative if no dedicated staging area was offered.
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John Aaron | jaaron@wtop.com
May 12, 2021, 11:22 AM
Things are coming together for a major Memorial Day weekend motorcycle rally. It now has an official starting area and it looks like more bikers could be coming.
“At the very last minute, the mayor came through for us,” said Joe Chenelly, executive director of AMVETS. The veterans service organization is arranging the ‘Rolling to Remember’ event, which is the successor to ‘Rolling Thunder.’
Bikers will now be allowed to use RFK Stadium’s Lot 8 for staging on May 30, before heading to the National Mall.
Chenelly said he and others were meeting with regional law enforcement agencies when the good news came in. He said he believes “law enforcement was concerned about the disruption to the community for us to be staging in the streets,” which was an alternative if no dedicated staging area was offered.
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