From last year’s Sandy Hook to D.C. ride. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Today, a group of 26 cyclists are expected to roll through the National Mall to the Capitol.

While a group of cyclists riding around the National Mall can pretty much be classified as “just another Saturday,” today’s group is different: They rode all the way from Newtown, Conn. in support of stronger gun control laws.

The group, called Team 26, consists of 26 riders—the same number of victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting—departed from Sandy Hook on March 8 to ride nearly 400 miles to D.C. The team hopes their ride will send a message to Congress to strengthen gun control laws to prevent more tragedies like the one in Sandy Hook from happening again. They’ll be at the Capitol at 1 p.m. today.

“12/14 was an unspeakable tragedy which devastated us in so many ways,” the group said in a statement. “We swore that we would not let the 20 children and 6 educators die in vain. It also opened our eyes to gun violence that occurs everyday in our urban environments. We ride for all victims of gun violence. We ride to remember them, and to push for common sense legislation to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our nation.”

Specifically, Team 26 says they’d like Congress to implement laws requiring all gun buyers to pass criminal background checks, banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, making gun trafficking a federal crime, and strengthening gun ownership restrictions for people with severe mental illness.

But this isn’t the first time the people of Team 26—which includes both professional, top amateur, and masters cyclists—rode from Connecticut to D.C. Last year, the group rode to the Capitol under the same banner, but the legislation “[they] were so hopeful Congress would pass last spring was blocked by those who put politics ahead of [children’s] safety.”

“We all care deeply about our children,” the team says in a release, “and seek reasonable gun violence prevention legislation.”