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*Pre-Rally Fire Up Party/Community Appreciation Night - FREE FOR ALL! FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009 *Rally Officially Starts ALL DAY EVENTS *Live Entertainement *Vendors *Food & Beverage Tents *Give-a-ways *Fox Hole Run *Military Vehicles Display by the Great Lakes Military Vehicle Preservation Association *Ultimate Hands On Experience, The Last Firebase, Traveling Military Museum *Ride with the American Legion Riders - Guided Tour SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009 ALL DAY EVENTS *Live Entertainement *Vendors *Food & Beverage Tents *Give-a-ways *Fox Hole Run *Military Vehicles Display by the Great Lakes Military Vehicle Preservation Association *Ultimate Hands On Experience, The Last Firebase, Traveling Military Museum *Biker Games *Bike Parade *Native American Bike Blessing *Harley Davidson Motorcycle Raffle |
6th Annual VETERANS MOTORCYCLE RALLY July 9-11, 2009 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
Vendors 50/50 Raffles Parade of Bikes Food & Beer Tent Live Entertainment Fox Hole Runs & Tours Blessing Of The Bikes & Veterans Ride The Beautiful Eastern U.P. Wilderness Motorcycle Rodeo, Games, Contests & Prizes Pins, Patches, Shirts & Hats Available All Weekend |
Harley Davidson MOTORCYCLE RAFFLE New 2009 1200 Sportster! |
ONE OF A KIND, NATIVE AMERICAN BIKE BLESSING! |
ALL PROCEEDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS, POST #3, AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT POST #3 DONATES TO. |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION! ~Planning for the 2009 Rally is in progress~ ~CHECK BACK OFTEN~ |
Tenative Schedule (MORE INFO ON THE RALLY SCHEDULE PAGE!) (Updates will be made as more information becomes available) THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 *American Legion Riders "Run For The Border" Charity Ride |
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The Sick Air Freestyle Moto X Team will be back again for '09. Stay tuned for more info! The registration form is now available for download. Please visit the "Registration" Page. Paypal is also up and running - Purchase your weekend passes NOW! |
THE LAST FIREBASE -Traveling Military Museum "The Ultimate Hands On Experience" from www.thelastfirebase.us Humble beginnings “THE WALL” was built to honor and memorialize those who served, but there are millions who never travel far from their home let alone to Washington, D.C. Thus came the idea of “The Moving Wall”, a replica that would travel to hometowns all over and allow you to touch and make tracing of the names placed there just as they do on the original WALL. But there is more to war than lists of names on monuments. There are the trappings of war. Equipment, weapons, and the remains of all that war is and has left behind. Most of this ends up in private collections and museums or buried in a dump never to be seen again. When was the last time you went to a museum or even an antique shop or flea market and heard “don’t touch” or “ you break it you buy it”? It happens somewhere every day. Well a veteran who is from generations of collectors had a dream. Why couldn’t he take his small collection out and display it in public places too, but with a twist to not just display, rather let the public pick it up, feel it, touch it, remember and fantasize with it? And this is how “The Last Firebase Traveling Military Museum” was conceived. A handful of artifacts on a table at a gun show or on a tarp at a swap meet, not for sale but to look at and interact with has over a few years grown to a twenty plus table display of between eight and ten thousand pounds of everything from guns and grenades to MRE's and clothing. As you enter the display you are greeted by someone in fatigues and invited to pick up and examine most everything there. Stop on your way out and view photo memories from the past along with diaries, short video's, and other documents available on our newest addition, a laptop computer. As you walk thru you can put on a backpack, a helmet, hold a rifle and imagine the enemy is just around the corner while you listen to recording of Armed Forces Radio, music from the 60's or brief narratives. Movies create fantasies, but so many have or will never experienced reality. The bulk of a full backpack or the weight of a radio so necessary for communication becomes quite real when you pick it up and put it on. And what about the interaction between the veteran that comes with his children and grandchildren, many of whom know only what the media has shown them about the military? Watching and listening to them reminisce about their experiences is quite educational if not entertaining. Most recently this museum has been seen in conjunction with “Moving Wall” events in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee and hopes to expand the range of travel to other states in the coming year. Hank Kaminski of Dryden, MI is the owner of “The Last Firebase Museum” and a Life Member of both VVA (no post affiliation at this time), and VFW Post 2492, Imlay City, MI. |
GREAT LAKES MILITARY VEHICLE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION from www.greatlakesmvpa.org The Great Lakes MVPA was established in 1996 to give our members an arena to express the Love and Honor they wish to convey to the Armed Forces, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Veterans, past, present and future, and the vehicles and equipment they used. |
There Back! Sick Air will be making their 4th Appearance at the Veterans Motorcycle Rally. Scott and Ed always put on a great show and we are glad to have them performing again! If you aren't familar with them, check out the videos here, or better yet, check out their website! |
JUST A REMINDER...Run For The Border Ride If you happen to be coming up to our Rally, why not come up on Thursday, July 9th and help raise some money for a great cause, and ride with some damn good bikers! The American Legion Riders from Post #3 in Sault Ste. Marie started this ride as a way to donate funds to the Michigan Heroes to Hometowns program. This program helps injured service men and women who are returning home from the Middle East with life altering injuries. If you want to participate just check out the link to the right and it will detail everything you need to know. |
The 2008 Run For The Border Crew at the Grayling American Legion Post #106 |