Oklahoma American Legion riders - Dirctor - Brett Martin
2025-2026 OKALR Officers
For the first time in 10 years, every single officer position on the Department of Oklahoma Riders Committee is filled and what a phenomenal group we have!
This team is driven, dedicated, and ready to roll. I couldn’t be more proud to serve alongside such outstanding leaders who embody what it means to serve selflessly.
Thank you all for stepping up, standing tall, and answering the call.
For God, Country, and Service. 
Rider Meeting
Calling All Department of Oklahoma American Legion Riders
Dear Riders,
I hope this message finds you well. We’re calling all Department of Oklahoma American Legion Riders to join us for an upcoming Zoom call meeting on:
📅 Monday, September 30
🕕 6:00 PM
This meeting will cover upcoming events this fall, as well as additional agenda items important to all of us. If you have an item you’d like added to the agenda, please email it to me in advance so it can be included.
Please help us spread the word and encourage fellow Riders to attend. Your participation makes a difference as we ride forward together.
🔗 Zoom Meeting Details
B Martin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Meeting ID: 504 056 7928
Passcode: Riders
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.