Rolling Thunder (organization)

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder (organization)

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder Run to the Wall

rdf:langString Sunday, Memorial Day weekend

rdf:langString The Rolling Thunder Run on Arlington Memorial Bridge in 2010

rdf:langString Annual

rdf:langString Washington D.C. area

rdf:langString We will not forget

rdf:langString To bring full accountability for the 'Prisoners Of War' and 'Missing In Action' of all U.S. wars

rdf:langString International

rdf:langString Defunct

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder is a United States advocacy group that seeks to bring full accountability for prisoners of war (POWs) and missing in action (MIA) service members of all U.S. wars. The group's first demonstration was in 1988. It was incorporated in 1995, and has more than 90 chapters throughout the US, as well as overseas. Their main annual event occurs on the Sunday before Memorial Day, in Columbus Ohio at the National Veteran's Memorial and Museum. Columbus is the new home for Rolling Thunder (Ohio/Midwest) beginning in 2020. Previously the event took place in Washington DC in which members make a slow motorcycle ride, called the "First Amendment Demonstration Run" or "Ride for Freedom," on a dedicated, closed-off, pre-set route through Washington D.C., leaving the Pentagon parking lot at noon, crossing the Memorial Bridge, and ending at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("the Wall"). During the Rolling Thunder weekend, members and supporters spend time at the Thunder Alley (the official vendor site for the event), visit significant areas of Washington D.C., particularly the numerous memorials, and hear speeches given by members, supporters, military officials and politicians. In 2019 it was announced that the ride for that year would be the final time. On Sept. 19, National POW-MIA Recognition Day, AMVETS announced it will replace the demonstration ride in Washington with an event to be called "Rolling to Remember," on the same day and place with the same mission Rolling Thunder had used, adding suicide prevention as an additional issue.

rdf:langString Rolling Thunder

rdf:langString 90 Chapters