{"id":1743,"date":"2008-05-25T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T20:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2010-05-31T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T14:22:47","slug":"rolling-thunder-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Thunder 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is dedicated to my cousin Scott who couldn’t make it to Rolling Thunder this year because he’s escorting the Vietnam Wall back home as a member of the Patriot Guard. I drank his beer, too.<\/p>\n

Every year this event gets bigger. This year, according to Fox News, Rolling Thunder included 350,000 motorcycles. I walked the route from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol and after an hour and a half, there were still riders passing me. There were thousands more parked at various spots that didn’t participate.<\/p>\n

Before I left, I saw Fox News interviewing actor John Amos (from Good Times) who had joined the Rolling Thunder organization just yesterday. He said in the interview “I don’t see anybody rowing boats to get to Cuba…so I think we’ve got a pretty good thing going here [in the US]”. That stuck in my mind as I walked across DC and photographed the event today.<\/p>\n

I got to the bridge from the Pentagon just as they crossed the Potomac with Robert E. Lee’s mansion in the Arlington National Cemetery as background;<\/p>\n

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The best seats in the house were on the Lincoln Memorial;<\/p>\n

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I stopped by the Vietnam Memorial on my way along the route;<\/p>\n

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I saw these guys there, but they were dressed a bit too modern to be Ron Paul supporters so I figured they were OK;<\/p>\n

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It’s nice to see folks waving a flag for no other reason than because it’s Memorial Day for a change;<\/p>\n

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Some Rolling Thunder members were content to just watch;<\/p>\n

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This was the best view, though;<\/p>\n

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Everyone turned away from the parade to watch him land;<\/p>\n

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Then back to Rolling Thunder;<\/p>\n

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If there were 350,000 motorcycles, there were at least that many spectators. They stretched along the two-plus mile route, both sides of Constitution Avenue, thicker in places than others. But it must’ve been a bitter crowd, clinging to their guns, motorcycles and faith because all of the souvenir stands were fully stocked with Obama ’08 T-shirts;<\/p>\n

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I stopped by the Navy Memorial where the day before, Rolling Thunder had stopped to pay their respects to Navy veterans.<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoy this video I put together under the influence of Saranac Black and Tan;
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Zero Ponsdorf <\/a>sends this link of John Amos speaking at the Lincoln Memoria<\/a>l.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Gateway Pundit<\/a>, Boston Maggie<\/a>, Blatherings<\/a> and Jammie Wearing Fool<\/a> for linking.<\/p>\n

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