Trump tweeted that Rolling Thunder will be back in D.C. next year. That was news to the ride’s organizers.
It was a gorgeous weekend here.
Now in its 26th year, the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumbled through Arlington and D.C. yesterday in an annual tribute to fallen U.S. troops and the soldiers who went missing in action and never returned home.
Staying in town for Memorial Day? Here’s our handy guide on all the different ways to get around town during the three-day weekend.
Because what better time to look back on a relaxing long holiday weekend than a sweltering hot Wednesday afternoon?
Good morning, Washington and happy Memorial Day weekend. This holiday weekend looks to be full of America – Rolling Thunder motorcycles, barbecues, baseball, beaches, and …Sarah Palin? And of course, our patently hot D.C. summer days as we unofficially enter the summer season.
In case you didn’t realize, it’s Rolling Thunder weekend. And considering that the Stars, Stripes, and Spokes Festival is also going down at RFK Stadium over the next few days, it’s really turning into a makeshift Motorcycle Appreciation weekend around these parts.
Everyone was out and about during the gorgeous Memorial Day weekend, catching rays down by the Potomac or honoring veterans with Rolling Thunder or at Arlington National Cemetery. Click through to see what our DCist Flickr contributors were up to over the holiday….
Photo by yujie_ For a brief time today, both your weekend editors will be away from their desks at the same time — an eventuality we try to avoid at all costs. Just as only two Coca-Cola executives know Coke’s formula and each of them knows only half of it and only one of them may fly at any given time, one of your weekend editors is always grounded. And the same way that Locke…
On the subject of long-haulin’ it, Charlie Daniels has perhaps the definitive word. In the liner notes to his legendary 1974 album Fire on the Mountain, Daniels wrote, “Hungover. Red eyed. Dog tired. Satisfied. It’s a long road with a little wheel and it takes a lot of turns to get there. Thank you, damn it.” Has anyone penned a line more appropriate for Rolling Thunder? Or for Memorial Day in general? I think not….
