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The American Legion Department of Oklahoma
  • Home
  • Programs
    • Awards
    • Boys State
    • Junior Shooting
    • Legion Baseball
    • Oratorical
    • Scouting
    • Training
    • Legion Riders
    • Sons of American Legion
  • Committees
    • Committee Reports
    • Americanism
    • Constitution & By-Laws
    • D.E.C
    • Historian
    • Veteran Service Officers
    • Resolutions
    • Post Adjutant
    • Vice-West
    • Western Districts
    • Vice-East
    • Eastern Districts
    • Judge Advocate
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Upcoming Events
    • Raffle
    • Department Convention
  • Links
  • Forms & Files
  • Membership
  • Officers
  • Contact Us
  • News Clips
  • Training

When the kickstands go up, hope will follow

100 Miles for Hope

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History

In Garden City, Mich., in 1993, Chuck "Tramp" Dare and Bill "Polka" Kaledas, commander of American Legion Post 396, shared an idea to start a motorcycle enthusiasts association within the organization. The two longtime riders wanted an environment where Legion family members could come together to share a common love for motorcycles.


Dare and Kaledas wrote a letter to Michigan Department Adjutant Hubert Hess, sharing their idea. Hess replied that he liked the concept and wanted to pursue it. Later, he gave Kaledas and Dare instructions for managing the program at the post level. He also explained how they could be approved to use the American Legion emblem, and how to gain Membership's support and recognition. At a regular meeting, Post 396 members passed a resolution for a new program to be known as the "American Legion Riders."


Joined by 19 other founding members from their post, Dare and Kaledas were flooded with requests for information about their organization. They agreed to establish a central source for the Riders to ensure that chapters formed not as motorcycle clubs or gangs, but as Legionnaires and Auxiliary and SAL members joining to ride as Legion family.

About the Riders

American Legion Riders chapters are well known for their charitable work, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local children's hospitals, schools, veterans homes, severely wounded service members and scholarships. Since 2006, Riders nationwide have participated in The American Legion Legacy Run to annually raise money for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, established to provide scholarships to children of U.S. military personnel killed since Sept. 11, 2001.



Oklahoma American Legion Riders Director:

Mike Marxen  mkmarxen@gmail.com

(405) 812-8987

American Legion Riders Resolution

 Resolution 19 has been replaced by Resolution 5, which basically says Riders must follow State Law, use the common sense test and protect the Legion brand. 

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