June 5, 2010 - District 4 Legion Riders held their monthly meeting at Estes Park Post 119 on Saturday. Special thanks toPost 199 for hosting us on such a beautiful day! We had a great ride up through the mountains to Estes Park the wrapped up the afternoon at Patrick & Liz Reinhard's place where he and his lovely wife barbequed up some goodies! Thanks Patrick & Liz, a good time was had by all!
January 13, 2010 - New Legion Rider Officers are sworn in. Please see the "Officers" link on our home page to see more about our officers!
January 29, 2010 - District 4 Legion Riders Color Guard present Colors for convention opening (left to right: Rick Carver, Bill Thompson, Tim Cornett, Barb Day, Jerry Hedke & Tony Abbott). New Army recruits are sworn in right after Colors. Country performer Michael Peterson was in attendance to sing the National Anthem and performed a couple of songs, including "You Could Hear a Pin Drop" performed in the YouTube video below. God bless and protect our new soldiers!
October 18, 2009 - District 4 Riders got for a an enjoyable ride a visit the residents of the Longmont Life Care facility. Everyone had a great time and the residents enjoyed seeing the bikes and the company of the riders! Hoorah!
August 23, 2009 - Fellow riders and friends joined Barb & Chris Day for a breakfast benefit to help raise funds to defray Chris's medical costs. We had a GREAT turnout for the event! A special thanks goes out to the Ladies Auxiliary who put together a spectacular breakfast!
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August 2009 - District 4 riders Jerry Hedke, out-going National Commander David Rehbein, Barb Day, Roger Wingerberg & Roger London pose for a photo-op after a send-off luncheon for the National Commander at the American Legion in LaPorte.
JUNE 28, 2009 - A special thank you to everyone that came out for the Jim Avery benefit. A special shout-out to Tom Rizzi (rider and owner of Pete's Place) & Jim Vanderpool for putting allot of time and effort into the event. We had a great turn-out from multiple posts (especially Post 111). Tom cooked up some great BBQ & fix'ns and Steve Mackie provided great music throughout. It was very heart-warming to see folks come out and support Jim Avery. We wish Jim the best in his recovery and want him to know, there are allot of folks out there that appreciate all you do! (We will post more pictures of the event in the "Gallery" once we get them gathered)
JUNE 13, 2009 - District 4 riders went for a great morning ride around the Carter Lake area then held our monthly meeting at Post 4 in LaPorte, Colorado. Post 4 has a great facility, we'd highly encourage others to stop by an give them your support! After our meeting, we rode up to Cheyenne, Wyoming to visit our friends at the Cheyenne VA. As always, Nan was a great host! We all had root beer floats, played some Wii and of course had some great conversations with the regulars and a few new faces! As always, we all felt appreciated and humbled after our visit.
APRIL 25, 2009 - The District 4 Legion Rider's were honored to attend and present colors for the District 4 meeting with American Legion National Commander David K. Rehbein on Saturday, April 25 at Boulder, Post 10. During the festivities, National Commander Rehbein presented Riders President Jerry Hedke with a Legion Riders parade flag that was provided by the American Legion, District 4. We are incredibly honored to receive flag and will display it proudly! Additionally, the Riders presented Mr. Rehbein with a framed American Legion Riders patch and our very special rocker designed with and in honor of Allen Dale June, our very special Navajo Code Talker friend. A very special thanks to our Legion Riders Color Guard that included Tony Abbott, Bill Thompson, Barbara Day, Elise Cornett, Tim Cornett and Roger Wingerberg. We would like to thank Post 10 for hosting this event and making the Riders a part of this very special event.
Look soon in the "Gallery" for a YouTube video of the colors presentation!
March 15, 2009 - Another great visit to see our friends up at the Cheyenne VA Hospital. We all had a great time visiting with the guys (and our special lady vet, Mary). Highlights of the afternoon included Wii "cow racing"! Not sure who had more fun at this, the residents or the riders!
One very special moment was when the nurse came by and told us "Not sure what you guys have done, but Charles is in the best spirits that we've seen him in, in a couple of weeks, we've been a bit concerned about him." Charles Loftus is a WWII Navy Veteran that we have all become attached to. All we really did is what we are suppose to do, lend and ear and a shoulder to lean on (although we do admit we snuck him a shake and some cake). We encourage all of you to do the same. You will always come back feeling much better. Our next visit is in June and is on our calendar, please consider joining us!
February 8, 2009 - We are proud to announce that our own ALR District 4 Committeeman Roger Wingerberg has announced his candidacy for the State Presidency of the American Legion Riders of Colorado. Click here for Roger's "bio". We all feel he is an excellent candidate for this position!
February 5, 2009 - (see more photos in "Gallery") District 4 Legion Riders proudly presented Ricky Banks with a Son's of Legion Beret while attending a benefit dinner sponsored by Keenesburg Post 180 on Ricky behalf. Ricky has endured several operations to resolve heart issues and is truly a hero to us! Additional presentations included:
An American Flag blanket presented by District 4 Adjutant John Shriver (along with a flashlight, some stickers, a book and a cap).
American Legion Baseball pins and two collector Rockies baseballs presented by Department American Legion Baseball Chairman Daniel Reyez, Post 18.
Two Patriot Guard pins presented by District 4 Legion Rider Bill Thompson
1st Cav pin presented by Barb Day
An ARMY banner presented by District 4 Legion Commander Tony Dumosch
Pictured in the left photo (kneeling from left) are Jerry Hedke, Bill Thompson, Ricky Banks & Barb Day. Standing from left are Kenny Banks, Ricky's father, and Post 180 commander Kevin McCarthy. In the photo on the right is Our Hero, Ricky Banks!
January 24, 2008 - The District 4 Legion Riders opened the year by presenting Colors at the 2009 American Legion State Convention. Please take a look at the YouTube Video of this event!
