Veterans’ Traditional Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally Back On Track

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Organizers for a popular motorcycle ride through the nation's capital are kicking off at RFK Stadium Memorial Day weekend after the Defense Department nixed a request to launch the event from the Pentagon, Military.com reported.

The Defense Department's rejection left AMVETS' plan for the ride in jeopardy, giving organizers just weeks to restructure an event that normally takes a year to plan, the news outlet reported.

"It has been incredibly difficult — well beyond anything any of us, I think, could've comprehended," Joe Chenelly, the group's national executive director, told WJLA.

AMVETS had applied in July to use the Pentagon parking lot.

Previously called Rolling Thunder, the former organizers ended the 32-year streak of Memorial Day rides in 2019, citing expenses as one of the main reasons for canceling the tradition, Military.com reported at the time.

Motorcyclists have rumbled into Washington on Memorial Day weekend for three decades in a noisy tribute to fallen soldiers.


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