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City,
Maps, and Contact Info
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Date
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Rally
Points, Activities, and Teddy Bear Drop-off Locations
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San
Diego, CA
Jenny
Winburn or
NY
Myke
858-616-6999
or 888-8-cycles
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26-Oct-2001
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Join
the kick-off rally at Harley Davidson of San
Diego, 5600 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego, CA. Hosted
by The Roger Hedgecock Show, KOGO AM 600, and New York Mike. Join us
for food, music, and fun. Bring your teddy bears and a
donation to the scholarship fund.
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San Diego, CA
Jenny
Winburn or
NY
Myke
858-616-6999
or 888-8-cycles
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27-Oct-2001
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Come
to Harley
Davidson of San Diego, 5600
Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego, CA. Help us send off the American Freedom Riders on their "Great
Big Teddy Bear Hug". There will be BBQ, music, and fun
for everyone as we load the trailer and wash up the bikes. Everyone is welcome to join the
caravan for the day in their cars or on their bikes. Today's
destinations are Escondido, Riverside and our final stop, Las Vegas!
Special thanks to Jerry
Fox of San Diego
who donated the use of his beautiful 20' trailer so that we could
haul the teddy bears to the children in New York. Thanks
Jerry!
Also,
many thanks to the Escondido and San Diego
Police Departments for your great send off
and escort through the traffic. What a way to start the
trip!
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Escondido,
CA
Coach
Snyder
760-737-3154
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27-Oct-2001
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Our
rally point is at the Escondido Charter High School at 1845 East
Valley Parkway. Come drop off your bear, but be
sure to attach a note of encouragement!
Please join us for the ride to the Riverside Rally.
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Riverside,
CA
Chuck
Hiroto
909-788-7200
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27-Oct-2001
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Our
Riverside rally and teddy bear drop-off point is at Riverside
Poly High School, located at 5460 Victoria
Avenue. Please join the people of Riverside as they load up
their bears. Consider joining us for the next leg of the
American Freedom Ride. Next stop...Las Vegas! Special
thanks to the Riverside City police and fire departments,
the San Bernardino and Riverside Sheriff Departments, and the
California Highway Patrol for
joining us for the ride across California. We will convey your thoughts to the
families of those heroes in New York who fell that day, doing what
you do for us every day. God Bless you guys!
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Las
Vegas, NV
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27-Oct-2001
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Stop
in at the Harley Davidson Cafe to greet the riders, make a
donation of a teddy bear or to the scholarship fund, and sign the
truck. If you miss us at the Harley Davidson Cafe, catch us
at the Harley Davidson Dealer on Eastern Avenue for a morning send off.
Remember to bring your teddy bear and thanks
to the officers from the
Nevada Highway Patrol for escorting the bears and riders through
your state.
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Kingman,
AZ
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28-Oct-2001
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The
ride through the Kingman area went off without a hitch.
Thanks to those who rode along and for the Nevada Highway Patrol
for arranging for our permission to cross the Hoover Dam. Thank
you Trooper Olschlager!
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Phoenix,
AZ
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28-Oct-2001
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We
apologize to the people of Phoenix and the department personnel
who anticipated riding with the Teddy Bears. Our
Harley broke down about 10 miles out of Wickenburg, AZ and
the ride was delayed for several hours. I am
afraid we had to pass through Phoenix in the cover of night once
all of the problems were resolved. Thank
you Arizona Automobile Club!
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Tucson,
AZ
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29-Oct-2001
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Join
us to the Rally in Tucson at 8:00 AM. We will be meeting at
the Tucson Harley Davidson and leaving for New Mexico from there. Please plan to join us for some or all of
today's ride. Special thanks to
Nyle & Sarie Groth
and Teresa Bolinski for helping with arrangements
in Tucson and for providing a place to
crash for the night.
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Las
Cruces, NM
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29-Oct-2001
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Join
the riders as they depart the city via I10 (at 9:00 AM) on their
way to San Antonio, TX. A special thanks
to Captain Don Morrison of the New Mexico State Police for
arranging that the teddy bears receive an escort for their entire
route across New Mexico.
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El Paso,
TX
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30-Oct-2001
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The
riders were met at the Texas border by the Texas State Troopers
and escorted into El Paso where the El Paso Police Department
escorted them through the city. Special
thanks to the officers and troopers in West Texas
who have joined the ride and for the fire fighters who came out to
sign the truck.
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Lubbock, TX
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30-Oct-2001
31-Oct-2001
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Thanks
again to the Texas DPS officers
for
their amazing showing of support to the riders as they crossed West
Texas, county by county. Please encourage the remaining
counties in Texas to join in so we can guarantee complete coverage!
You people are awesome! But,
as my wife told me from the cell phone today,
"Hey,
what did you expect? They're Texans!"
Thanks
to Station 12 of the Lubbock Fire Department
for
your help today and to Pollard
Friendly Ford for
repairing the truck - at their cost - so that the teddy bears can go on.
Are
you thinking of buying a car or truck? DRIVE
TO LUBBOCK and give Pollard
Friendly Ford a real thank you on our behalf?
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Amarillo,
TX
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31-Oct-2001
1-Nov-2001
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Wednesday:
The
riders met-up with the Flag
Across America in Amarillo late tonight, encouraging them in their
efforts. Amarillo residents came out in great numbers at
nearly midnight to greet the flag runners and sign
the American Freedom Truck as these two crusades crossed paths.
Thursday:
The caravan stopped in Wichita Falls before dropping down into the Dallas area.
We visited various fire stations and were provided a law enforcement
escort as the caravan on through to Dallas.
Are
we approaching a record yet for the longest continuous police
escort?
Special
thanks to the Wichita Falls Fire Department.
We certainly enjoyed meeting all of you and will pass on your
thoughts to the families of the fallen firefighters.
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Dallas,
TX
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1-Nov-2001
2-Nov-2001
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Thursday:
Come
and join us at for our 5:00 PM rally at Harley-Davidson
of Dallas, located at 304 Central Expressway, South, in Allen,
TX. Be
sure to sign the truck & trailer and send your best wishes to
the children.
Riders:
Join the ride as the teddy bears
and their Texas law enforcement escort come into town. We
will be staging at the Allen Station Park, off of highway 75 at
Exchange, at 4:00 PM and joining the caravan as it passes by the
park.
Special
thanks to Harley Davidson of Dallas for giving the
bike a tune-up and oil change and the the Panther
Creek HOG members for coming out for the ride.
Friday:
Join us as we ride through Dallas City Center and on to
Houston. We will be staging for today's ride at Harley Davidson of Dallas at
10:00 AM.
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Houston, TX
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2-Nov-2001
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Thank
you for Joining us at the welcome rally in the parking
lot at the Memorial City Mall.
The riders, with their escort by the Houston Police Department, arrived
later than scheduled due to a tire
blow-out on the trailer, but was met by various law and fire
department personnel and their families who signed the truck
before it headed out to Galveston for the night.
Remember,
you can
still contribute to the
effort by sending a teddy bear (with note of encouragement
attached) to the Raising Hope office or by making a donation to the American
Heritage Education Foundation.
Special
thanks to Police Chief C. O. Bradford of the Houston Police
Department for arranging the escort through the
city of Houston, the Dallas Fire Department, and the surrounding
county Sheriff departments..
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Baton Rouge, LA
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3-Nov-2001
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Please,
grab the kids and join on the road. You can contribute to the
effort by bringing a teddy bear (with note of encouragement
attached), make a donation for the American
Heritage Education Foundation, or provide a gift of
"gas money" to keep the caravan moving forward.
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Jackson,
MS
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3-Nov-2001
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Look
for us this evening as we pass through town, making stops at the
local fire department stations and collecting signatures from the
local fire firefighters and law enforcement officers.
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Nashville,
TN
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4-Nov-2001
5-Nov-2001
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The
truck and Harley spent the evening at the Hard
Rock Cafe in Nashville where the people of the city
came by to wish Cindy and Neil God's Speed on their mission on
behalf of our nations children. A
special thanks to the Hard Rock Cafe for providing Cindy's
birthday dinner tonight!
Special
thanks to the Deputy Sheriffs of Tennessee who
provided the escort through Tennessee and to the Nashville
City Fire Department personnel who came out to sign the
truck.
Come
on out to Boswell's Harley Davidson
at 401 Fessler's Lane in Nashville. We will be there
collecting teddy bears between 8:00 - 10:00 AM before we head off
to Chattanooga and on to Atlanta.
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Chattanooga,
TN
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5-Nov-2001
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Look
for us this evening as we pass through town, making stops at the
local fire department stations and collecting signatures from the
local fire firefighters and law enforcement officers. Thanks
again to the Sheriff's Deputies who provided our
escort through Tennessee.
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Atlanta, GA
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5-Nov-2001
6-Nov-2001
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Come
on out and join
us at the Hard Rock Cafe
tonight from 8:00 - 10:00 PM. The address is 215 Peachtree
Street NE. Remember to bring a teddy bear
with you for the kids in the New York and Washington, DC areas.
We
will be gathering this morning at the Harley
Davidson of Atlanta between 9:00 - 11:00 AM,
collecting teddy bears, signatures, and donations for the American
Freedom Ride Scholarship Fund.
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Columbia,
SC
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6-Nov-2001
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Look
for us this evening as we arrive in town, making stops at the
local fire department stations and collecting signatures from the
local fire firefighters and law enforcement officers. Our
thanks to the Sheriff's Deputies who provided our
escort through South Carolina.
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Richmond,
VA
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7-Nov-2001
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We
will be making stops throughout North Carolina and Virginia at the
local fire stations and police departments to collect signatures from the
local fire firefighters and law enforcement officers. Our
thanks to the Deputies and state troopers who provided our
escort through these states.
Join
the riders and the truck at fire stations throughout the
city. Listen to your radio for announcements regarding times
and locations throughout Richmond.
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Bethesda, MD
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8-Nov-2001
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The
block party at my Aunt Barbara's house was great! Special
thanks to Barbara Underwood for getting all of the neighborhood
kids together for popcorn, juice, and card signing. What a
special memory for these kids.
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Washington,
DC
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9-Nov-2001
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What an amazing
day. Special thanks to the Hard
Rock Cafe for allowing us to park the truck and trailer
in front of their front door. Thanks also to the engine
companies who made it over to sign the truck. Your words of
encouragement mean so much.
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Arlington,
VA
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9-Nov-2001
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Thanks to Sgt. Williams of the
Arlington County Fire Department who rallied a group
of fire fighters and police officers to meet us at Station No.
4.
Also,
a special
thanks to the officers who escorted us to outside the Pentagon,
your assistance in getting us to the building was very special to
us. I don't think any of us completely appreciated the scope
of the events that took place there until we saw it with out own
eyes and listened to you tell about your experience there that
day.
We
are also grateful for the officers who agreed to receive the teddy
bears on behalf of the children of the victims of the pentagon
attack. Please contact Raising
Hope or the Arlington Police Department if you want to know more about how to
arrange for an affected child to receive a bear.
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Bethesda,
MD
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9-Nov-2001
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We
ended the day with the firefighters in Maryland, gathering
signature on the truck and trailer and listening to stories from
men who participated in the rescue efforts in New York and
Virginia. What a great group of guys. Just a few of the
hundreds of heroes we have met on this journey.
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Collingswood, NJ
Philadelphia,
PA
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10-Nov-2001
12:00
Noon
4:30
PM
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Great
thanks to the City of Collingswood, NJ who gave us a special day
in the center of the town. We enjoyed special music, a
welcome speech from the mayor and a huge "code 3" send
off by the Collingswood Police and Fire
Departments that rivaled any "big city" on
our route. Be proud Collingswood! A special
Thanks to Karen Ammond of KBC Media who has been instrumental in
helping us get these bears to New York. It has
been a long journey and we couldn't have done this without your
help and encouragement.
A
huge gratitude of thanks to the Police
and Fire Departments of Philadelphia for opening their
doors to us as we came through the city. You made our last
day before entering New York so special. We were looking
forward to an all night bear packing party back at the hotel when
the guys at Rescue 1 called in their buddies to help. We now
know why they call them Rescue 1. Special
thanks to Sgt. Al Lopez who treated us to Philly Steak
sandwiches while we got ready to finish packing up the bears.
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Camden,
NJ
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11-Nov-2001
8:00
AM
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The caravan left Harley Davidson of Camden
at 8:00 AM
and began the ride into New York city.
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Jersey
City, NJ
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11-Nov-2001
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We were joined at the
exit from the New Jersey Turnpike by the Jersey City Police Department
who escorted
the teddy bears to a few fire stations before turning the caravan over to the Port
Authority Police who escorted the bears through the Holland Tunnel
into NYC.
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New
York City, NY
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11-Nov-2001
Noon
- 2:00PM
2:30
PM
3:00 - 6:00 PM
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Special thanks
to Chris at the NYPD - Highway Patrol
2nd Division who
coordinated the escort for the
truck and cycle riders as they entered the city. The caravan worked it's way uptown for a stop in
front of the Hard Rock Cafe between
Noon and 2:00 PM. We met with the media and members
of the community who donated teddy bears, contributed
to the costs of this trip, signed the truck or trailer, and/ or made
donations to the scholarship fund that has been established for the
children. A special thanks to Commissioner
Bernard Kerick's office and Sgt. Pelarin for arranging and
coordinating the escort through the city.
A special thanks to Michelle and John at
Hogs
and Heifers Saloon and to all of the riders who participated
in today's ride. We thoroughly enjoyed the BBQ and time with
your patrons this afternoon. What a great time.
The teddy
bears were then escorted by NYPD to a number of
fire houses in the city. Due to the presences of the President
of the United States and a fire in uptown Manhattan, we were not able to get to
all of the fire stations. We also did not get the
opportunity to give President Bush the Teddy Bear the children had sent
to him. However, at those stations where we were able to stop, we paused to
distribute bears, have the fire fighters view and sign the truck,
and listen to the fire fighters share their experiences from that
terrible day. God Bless you guys. A special thanks to Patrick
Cleary for helping to arrange our visit and for assisting us in
selecting the stations to be visited today.
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Return Trip
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14-21-Nov-2001
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Cindy and Judy will be driving the truck
and trailer back to California and will continue to make stops along
the way at fire stations and police departments. Their return
route will include Louisville, St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Denver,
Grand Junction, Las Vegas, and Riverside.
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