{"id":5932,"date":"2026-05-13T18:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:33:10","slug":"run-for-the-wall-riders-set-out-from-ontario-kicking-off-annual-cross-country-trek-honoring-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5932","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Run For The Wall\u2019 riders set out from Ontario, kicking off annual cross-country trek honoring veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engines roared in Ontario Wednesday morning, May 13, as hundreds of motorcycle riders set out on the annual \u201cRun For The Wall\u201d cross-country trek in honor of military veterans.<\/p>

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Nearly 900 riders gathered in the early morning hours at the Ontario Convention Center parking lot, 2000 E Convention Center Way, catching up and talking about ride plans, before they left around 7 a.m. on their eastern routes.<\/p>\n

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The ride \u2014 split into three groups of 250-300 each and three routes, the Midway, Central, and Southern routes \u2014 will take participants through towns all across the United States.<\/p>\n

The event is \u201cto honor our veterans, their families and friends and to raise awareness of those still missing \u2013 Prisoners of War and Missing in Action,\u201d the Run For The Wall website says. It starts in Ontario and 10 days later ends at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>

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