{"id":59356,"date":"2019-09-20T15:45:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/20\/amvets-plans-massive-memorial-day-motorcycle-rally-to-replace-rolling-thunders-ride\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:55:49","slug":"amvets-plans-massive-memorial-day-motorcycle-rally-to-replace-rolling-thunders-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2019\/09\/20\/amvets-plans-massive-memorial-day-motorcycle-rally-to-replace-rolling-thunders-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"AMVETS plans massive Memorial Day motorcycle rally to replace Rolling Thunder\u2019s ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AMVETS officials<\/a> will sponsor a three-day, motorcycle-themed demonstration rally in Washington, D.C. next Memorial Day weekend to replace the annual Rolling Thunder<\/a> celebration that annually draws tens of thousands to the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new event, titled the \u201cRolling to Remember\u201d Demonstration Run, will run from May 22 to 24 and retain the old event\u2019s focus on public awareness of troops still missing in action from overseas conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But AMVETS officials said the program will also heavily emphasize more public discussion of the national veterans suicide crisis<\/a>, which claims 20 lives a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(The goal) is to remember those who have yet to come home, to remember those who are in harm\u2019s way, and to remember those who came home but are still struggling, to remember we as a country are still a long way to fulfilling our promises to those who served,\u201d said AMVETS National Commander Jan Brown during a Friday press conference on the plans at Harley-Davidson of Washington D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\t