Run For The Wall Returns To Cookeville Sunday
The Run For The Wall event returns to Cookeville Sunday afternoon with 320 veterans riding motorcycles into town. Director of Tourism Shan Stout said the bikers ride from California to Washington, D.C. to pay respect for all veterans, especially POWs and those killed in action. Stout said citizens are encouraged to line South Jefferson Avenue […]
Run For The Wall Riders Want To Stay An Extra Night In Cookeville Next Year
The Run for the Wall’s over-night stops in Cookeville have been so successful that the coordinator wants to stay two nights next year. The Putnam County Visitors Bureau hosted over 300 motorcycle riders two weeks ago. After completing the trip to Washington D.C., Tourism Director Shan Stout said the riders ranked Cookeville as their favorite […]
“Run For The Wall” Riders Welcomed To Cookeville
Several hundred motorcyclist participating in the veteran’s “Run for the Wall” event arrived in Cookeville Monday afternoon. The convoy was welcomed by flag-bearing residents lining Jefferson Avenue until they reached the Leslie Town Centre for dinner. Rider Dan Sifford said he began his ride in Colorado. “First year I did it, it was a bucket […]
Run For The Wall Ridings Not Returning This Year
Cookeville will not be receiving a visit from the motorcyclist group Run the Wall this holiday weekend. Visitor’s Bureau Executive Director Molly Brown said the group typically stops in on their Memorial Day tour, which was cancelled. She said they had hoped to have them this Fourth of July weekend. “Unfortunately that was cancelled as […]
Run For The Wall Tour Grand Finale In Cookeville
The true Run for the Wall will not happen this year, but dozens of its riders will visit Cookeville Saturday Run for the Wall is a veterans motorcycle group that travels across country on its way to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Cookeville-Putnam County Visitors’ Bureau Executive Director Molly Brown said about 80 […]
