PUT 2015 - Day 4; Annapolis to the National Law Enforcement Memorial

Due to the ongoing unrest in Baltimore and the impact it is having on law enforcement staffing throughout Maryland, today's ride will be in busses and trucks and vans.  One group of the Unity Tour's ride goes directly through Baltimore and could potentially be a target for the protesters.  Because our ride from Annapolis depends so heavily on the local jurisdictions for help with road closures and other safety measures, our ride would also heavily burden the locals during a time when they need all the support they can get.  All the chapters that were supposed to ride through Maryland today are cancelling their ride and standing in Unity with local law enforcement.

We all got various rides to RFK stadium, our usual gathering place, to join up with all the chapters before the final few miles into the memorial.  Even though we weren't on bikes, we still got to help change a flat.

Once we got to RFK, everyone found their bikes and we got ready to ride to the memorial.  PUT founder Pat Montoure gave some inspirational words before we were led off by the survivors who were riding with us.

After arriving at the Memorial, we were able to track down Dave Baldwin's widow and get a group picture with her.  I also left the spoke card that I rode with at Dave's name on the memorial.

During the arrival ceremony, it was announced that the Police Unity Tour donated: