Rolling Thunder IL Chapter One
Rolling Thunder IL Chapter One

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Photo Albums

2020
POW/MIA Remembrance Day, Philips Park, Aurora, IL

2019
POW/MIA Monument Dedication in Carol Stream, IL
Appreciation Letter from American Legion Post 888
Chair of Honor Dedication at Fox River Harley Davidson

2018
Legion Riders Donate to Rolling Thunder Veteran Assistance
RT IL 1 Receives Donation from Kane County
POW/MIA Memorial Provided and Dedicated at VFW Post 1486, Sandwich, IL
Spc. Chris Patterson Memorial Ride, Batavia, IL
Gun Bash Fundraiser
RT IL 1 Dedicates POW/MIA Memorial at Genoa Veterans Home
Certificate of Appreciation for Inland Bank

2017
Military Appreciation Night With The Kane County Cougars
Ride for Freedom, Washington, DC
Thanksgiving Food Baskets for Needy Vets
Vietnam Vet’s Mission, Daily Herald Article
Veterans Day 2017, Publicizing the POW/MIA Issue
50 State POW Flag Tour
RT IL 1 Big Thunder Run
RT IL 2 Thunder Run / Woodstock Harley
Villa Park VFW Post 2801
The Moving Viet Nam Wall in Oswego
Essence of Freedom Run Deerfield IL (PDF)
Essence of Freedom Run Deerfield IL
Gun Bash Fundraiser
Inland Bank Donates to RT IL 1
Chair of Honor Installed at Cook County Board Room
Chair of Honor Installed at LaSalle Veterans Home
RT IL 1 Donated $18,000 Commercial Washers to LaSalle Veterans Home

2016
Christmas
Veterans Day Activities
Thanksgiving Food Baskets for Needy Vets
Appreciation Dinner Orland Park Area Vietnam Veterans
Remembrance Table Villa Park VFW Post 2801
Rolling Thunder Remembers MIA, Paris, IL
Big Thunder Run
Hines VA Hospital Suicide Prevention Art Fair
Dedication, Chair of Honor, LaSalle Veterans Home
Hines VA Hospital Visit
Midway Airport Honor Flight August
Sycamore Car Show
Forest Park IL Veteran Festival / Bike Show
Homeless Veterans Stand Down - DuPage County
RT Kane County Cougars Military Appreciation Night
Gun Bash Fundraiser
Chair of Honor Dedication, Forest View, IL
Veterans In Crisis Billboard #3
Veterans In Crisis Billboard #2
Chicago Trib Article on RT IL 1
POW/MIA Chair of Honor Dedication Soldier Field
Celebrating Veterans
RT IL 1 Donation Received
Rolling Thunder Gun Raffle Fundraiser

2015
Thanksgiving Food Baskets for Needy Vets
$38,000 Transport Van Donated To LaSalle Veterans Home
Manteno Veterans Home Thank you
Donation from the Masonic Lodge
Christmas Party for Concord Place Veterans
Congressman Foster Meets With RT IL 1
Thunder Run With RT IL 2
American Flag Rescued from the Taliban
2015 Big Thunder Run
Veterans In Crisis Billboard
In Memoriam Don Ross
In Memoriam Bo Augello
Military Appreciation Night with Kane County Cougars, video
Military Appreciation Night with Kane County Cougars, photos
Rolling Thunder Gun Bash 2015
Donation Received from Darley Corp
Korean War MIA Repatriation, Cpl Chester Roper
Crisis Line: Veterans Press 1
RT IL 1 $2,000 Donation to to Task Force Omega
RT IL 1 $6,000 Donation to Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
RT IL 1 $1,500 Donation to Manteno State Veterans Home

2014
RT IL 1 $7,000 Donation to Hope Manor II, Chicago
Veterans Day, Wheaton, IL
Veterans Day at Concord Place
Bike Raffle Winner, Big Thunder Run
Westchester Veterans Day Run
Big Thunder Run 2014
$25,000 Donaton to Concord Place Homeless Veterans Project
$5,000 Donatoin To Homeless Veterans
RT IL 1 Thank You's Received
In Memoriam, Larry Smith
Third Annual Gun Bash Fundraiser
Ride For Freedom, Washington, DC
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #7
Veterans In Crisis

2013
BTR Remembrance Table Ceremony
$6,000 Donation to Midwest Shelter Homeless Veterans
RT IL 1 Sponsor Two Rooms for Homeless Veterans at Concord Place
Westchester Veterans 5K
RollingThunder National Conference
Traveling Viet Nam Veterans Wall
Big Thunder Run
National POW/MIA Awareness Day
Wall Of Heroes at Inland Bank
Korean War MIA Repatriation
IL 1 Rides with OH 2
Warrior Summit at Soldier Field
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #6
Remembrance Table at Glendale Heights VFW
POW/MIA Ad in Aurora Borealis Magazinee
RT Escorts The Wall That Heals
Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom
Soldiers and Family Radio
Rolling Thunder IL 1 Gun Bash Fundraiser
Motorcycle Sunday, Aurora, IL
LaSalle Veterans Home Advisory Council
Inland Bank Donates to RT IL 1
RT IL 1 meets with Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Director
Veterans Day at the Batavia, IL VFW
BTR Bike Winner

2012
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #5
Honor Flight Arrival, Oct 16
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #2
BTR Motorcycle Winner
2012 Big Thunder Run, by Weebles
2012 Big Thunder Run, by Chappy
2012 Big Thunder Run, by Judie
Welcome Home and Benefit Awareness Day at Cantigny Park
Remembrance Table - Wheaton VFW
LaSalle Veterans Home Visit
Ride For Freedom via Rainelle, WV
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #3
Donation of $32,000 Transport Van for LaSalle Veterans Home
Bowe Bergdahl Billboard #1

2011
RT IL 1 Adopted MIA, SSGT Robert Herreid, Oct. 10, 1968
RT National Conference, Washington, DC
$1,000 to Manteno State Veterans Home
POW/MIA Publicity
Big Thunder Run by Snickers
Big Thunder Run by Laurie
Big Thunder Run by Barbara
Chicagoland Speedway POW/MIA Flag
DeKalb County Vet Fest

2010
Hines VA Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Room B131
RT IL 1 Donates $6,000 to Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Freedom Run, Washington, DC via Rainelle, WV
History Lesson - West Chicago High School
RT IL !1 Donates $40,483.86 to Hines VA Hospital, Blind Center

2009
RT IL 1 donates $53,000 to Manteno State Veterans Home
RT National Conference, Washington, DC

2008
Freedom Run, Washington, DC and Rainelle, WV
Rep. Tammy Duckworth Meeting on POW/MIA
Purple Heart Cruise Escort by RT IL 1
Welcome Home Soldier

2007
Traveling Viet Nam Veterans Wall in Lisle, IL
Viet Now Lunch Run For Homeless
HInes VA, Spinal Center, $3,600 Room Donation by RT IL 1
Big Thunder Run 2007
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Rock Island, IL
Illinois Freedom Run, Marseilles, IL
RT IL 1 at Route 66 Dragway, Joliet, IL
Freedom Run, Washington, DC 2007
RT IL 1 Meets with Rep. Peter Roskam

2006
POW/MIA Recognition Day at Rock Island Arsenal
Senator Durbin Meeting, Washington, DC
Freedom Run, Washington, DC 2006

2005
POW/MIA Recognition Day with IL 1 and IA 1
Big Thunder Run Slideshow
2005 Freedom Run to Washington, DC
2005 Freedom Run to Washington, DC #2
Christmas Visit at Hines VA Hospital
Big Thunder Run 2005
Blessisng of the Bikes

2004
Freedom Run, Washington, DC and Rainelle, WV 2004
Big Thunder Run 2004
RT National Conference, Washington, DC
Christmas Visit at Hines VA Hospital
Freedom Run, Washington, DC and Rainelle, WV
Kane County Veterans Memorial
Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run

2001
What Price Freedom

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