400 motorcycles roll through Paducah on American Legion run to Wisconsin

More than 400 American Legion veterans on motorcycles pulled out of Paducah Tuesday morning, in the middle of a five-day, 1200-mile trek to raise $1.2 million for scholarships.

The Legion's Legacy Run began Sunday in front of the USS Alabama in Mobile. Monday night they arrived in Paducah, and Tuesday set off through McCracken and Ballard counties to Perryville, Missouri. There they will gather at a full-scale replica of the Viet Nam Memorial Wall.

After over a dozen more stops, their final destination Thursday will be in Milwaukee, the corporate home of Harley Davidson, for closing ceremonies with the local American Legion chapter.

The annual trip has taken place since 2006 to raise scholarship funds for the children of military personnel who perished in the events of 9-11 in 2001.



(Photos: Steve Schwetman, JP's Traffic page)