What began in 1988 as a cozy Memorial Day gathering of 2,500
motorcyclists riding through DC in support of veterans, POWs and MIAs, has
exploded into a massive throng that, this year, was estimated to be in the
hundreds of thousands, possibly a half million.
A good many of these patriotic riders were mounted on Harleys. Imagine watching strung-out herds of bikes
buzzing by, all singing guh-lumpa-thumpa-chugga-thumpa completely out of
harmony, for hours on end. On Sunday, I
pedaled my 21-speed, zero displacement, quiet-as-a-mouse, almost classic bi-cycle
down to the Mall for a looky-loo. Very
impressive.
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