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NOTE: EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 7/28/24 AS WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OVER HALF OF THE NOMINEE NAMES AND ALMOST ALL OF THE ALR DRAWING NAMES AND INFORMATION REQUIRED TO DO EVENT. The festival and ride are designed to Celebrate our Veteran Heroes with an honor ride to Ft. Logan National Cemetery (details of the ride at bottom); followed by an all day festival featuring live Country and Rock bands throughout the afternoon and evening. Food will be available with breakfast burritos for the riders (starting 8:30 am), an afternoon BBQ, and food inside of Wheelz Bar and Grill during the event. Booths with cloths, crafts, Bonsai classes and live podcasts with Veteran and Family related subjects will be on site. Big Wheel Racing will also be available during the afternoon at the Festival. 4 Person teams will compete throughout the afternoon with prizes awarded at 6 pm. $100 entry fee per team. There will be raffles during the day for multiple prizes and several trips will all monies going towards our efforts to employ, enrich and empower Veterans though Re Generative Forestry and Tours for Veterans. Trillion Tree Corps will be honoring 100 deceased Veterans (as chosen by District 5 and 6 of the American Legion) with trees planted at Ft. Logan Cemetery (or nearby) and 56 Living Veterans from Front Range area American Legion and VFW Posts (as chosen by the Posts with representation from all six branches of the Military) at designated planting sites, who have served their Country with honor and distinction. Honors for the deceased will be at the Cemetery while honors for the Living Honorees (Post and ALR) will be throughout the afternoon at the Festival Event site - Wheelz bar and Grill.
In conjunction with ML Gratitude, we will also be honoring riders from the American Legion Riders of Colorado (ALL 14 Districts of the state) with our regular honor ceremonies *PLUS* by having a drawing (at the event) with one representative rider from the 38 ALR units entered - to receive a motorcycle provided by ML Gratitude. The chosen honoree must meet ML Gratitude's winner requirements with each district of the ALR submitting qualified entrants. Just a couple of rules:
1) Veteran must be able to provide a
copy of their DD-214
2) Veteran must not own
a motorcycle.
3) The receipient is solely responsible
for obtaining motorcycle endorsement,
title, tax and insurance.
4) Veteran must be able to come to
Colorado to accept the motorcycle.
TIMES:
Registration for Honor Ride : 9 am
Ft. Logon Honor Ride 10am - 12pm
Festival 10 am - 6 pm
Inside Live music 6pm- 10 pm
Hourly Celebration of Heroes ( 2 Legion Posts (14 Heroes) and 9 ALR Honorees per hour)
starting at 12 pm and then on the hour until everyone is honored. Bands start at 2 pm with 4 sets minimum through 10 pm.
Silver Vincenzetti , Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame Singer (2021) and Comeback Artist if the Year (2023) and her band Silver Thorn, will open the music for the Festival at 2:00 pm. Complete Band Itinerary will be released 3.1.24. Entry to Festival is FREE. Food and alcohol (served inside) will be available at posted costs.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wheelz Bar & Grill, 2494 W Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80110, United States,Sheridan, Colorado
