The Liberty Ride™ is dedicated to helping create a more perfect union in which the Constitution applies to all, regardless of where we or our ancestors were born; whom we love; the color of our skin; or how, or if, we worship.
The support, invitations and requests to join our mission by others who share our vision these past few days have relit a fire in me and clearly quite a few others.
A brief introduction for those who don’t know who we are: Liberty Riders scattered across the country have been Riding for Liberty for the past 5 years. The first year 136 riders relayed the founding documents across thirty-four state borders coast to coast in 30 days. We also organized it in 30 days btw, it wasn’t as big a feat as it sounds because… well, it was in the middle of the pandemic and riding motorcycles was all we could do.
Each year since those first Liberty Rides, the number of participants has doubled. Except for 2020 The Liberty Rides have mostly kicked off on Ride for Liberty for All Day each year (a few riders have even got their Governors to make Proclamations that the first Sunday of May was Ride for Liberty for All Day and again except for that first Ride for Liberty in 2020 , The Liberty Rides have trekked cross country May through Constitution Day September 17, to commemorate, of course, the United States Constitution.
By the fifth Liberty Ride Relay we had over 700 Liberty Riders and Set out to relay across all 50 state borders and we did relay across 49 only missing one state border last year. There are only a few states we have no Liberty Riders representing and if you think about it you can probably figure out which states they are.
For those wondering why we are kicking off so late this year:
Since August of 2020 I have spent a good part of most everyday looking for riders to fill the empty spaces on my maps not just to shorten some of the Liberty Ride legs or have an echo chamber to regurgitate what all American patriots should be against but more to unite people who love America and all that actually ever made this country great.
For every 100 bikers id tell about what we are doing , over half would at the least get belligerent, most though would verbally assault me with some even making threats when they learned that we rode for everyone no matter the color of their skin, where they are from, who they love or how they choose to worship. Of that 100, ten might offer us some kudos but nothing more. Others would just go silent and slither away, and if it were a good day, MAYBE ONE of those one hundred I tried to recruit might say I’m in and actually join us on the road. It was hard on my heart I confess but the liberty riders are a special breed. They understand that our words reflect our honor. Of all the hundreds (maybe more) transfers we have set, only 1 rider didn’t make their scheduled handoff. They had a really good reason and made it right a few days later. There were a lot of legs that only had one lone biker riding for liberty. We’ve had riders ride through a hurricane, wildfires, and even find themselves on roads that could not get them anywhere but back to where they started. Mother nature is pissed ya know. Each year we hit a few more states than the previous year and Last year we had over seven hundred liberty riders from coast to coast and beyond. We relayed across 49 State borders including Alaska and Hawaii. But we had a couple of accidents and didn’t make all fifty as we planned to. Thankfully the riders have healed up and ready to ride for liberty in 2025.
2024 was rough, but we are tough and I am not a quitter and stubborn as hell and dont give up on people or ideals I believe in, sometimes even when maybe I should. Honestly I was so sure America would not choose MAGA 2.0 that it felt right for the Liberty Rides to take a sabbatical in 2025 and we planned to rest up this year and go big again in 2026. The riders were disappointed but understood I needed a break. But the election hit hard, and I disconnected completely and shamefully pretty much ghosted my tribe. but no matter how I tried to distract myself from the bad feels that came with not doing this crazy thing the echoes from universe telling me this isn’t the time to quit just got too loud to ignore so I reached out to those who have been with me since the beginning said let’s do it and here we are. What I thought would just be the declaration kicking off in Pennsylvania has turned out to be a slew of them kicking off everywhere. After listening to Sharice Davids speak at a small event last spring then Tobias ‘ words at a rally at the capital and MS Parelkar again quite recently I could not ignore the feeling that the previous 5 relays were practice runs.
The last couple of days and all the positive reactions and support I received, coupled with all the hell yes, I’m ins from the riders, re lit a fire in me that the 2024 election had snuffed out. I am indebted to those who woke me up and made me listen to the voices in my head saying this is not the time to rest so I would bring this thing back to life. The riders were disappointed it was not happening this year but understood I needed a break. So I’m rested up and now I am as ready to take this on as ever. The relay will look different this year but to reach that more perfect union we have to be willing to roll with the changes now, don’t we?
For those wondering why I do this, the best part of this for me has always been connecting people who believe Equality in Liberty and Justice is not political policy to debate but the most basic of American principles, with others who are also led by the American ideals that this country has been built on.
In such divisive times it has been a privilege and given me hope and the motivation to do this crazy thing, seeing Liberty Riders bond over the shared understanding of why the founding fathers chose the words E. Pluribus Unum and not In God We Trust as the United States motto.
My spirits get a needed lift every time I get to witness the joy and relief in the cries of ME TOO when someone who has been trying to get their head around the un American Americans calling themselves patriots trying to justify banning books, ideas, history , speech, and even living breathing people ( who for whatever reason they have deemed unworthy of the inalienable rights the founding fathers declared in their Declaration of independence to be “endowed” by their creator to All men, and do so in the name of Liberty or justify it by their own renderings of history , truth, science), finally find others who get it.
Others who also recognize WHY the brave, wise and albeit imperfect men the founding fathers were , after much debate, also chose all the other words they penned in our founding documents, leaving for WE THE PEOPLE and their posterity, ALL OF US, the directions to perpetually strive to just be better than, not just who and what we were, but they were, by bestowing on us a sort of literal map to navigate every obstacle they could possibly imagine WE THE PEOPLE might encounter from the worst character traits of man they themselves had already had to confront and overcome, making sure we the people would ALWAYS have the power to steer the course we would have to, if we were to thrive in a world they could only imagine from their colonial times mindsets, if at all. Establishing a remedy for everything they could think of to ensure we could evolve with a world they knew was already changing faster than they even realized then and that it is only because of that prudent foresight proven by the power of our Constitution they warned us to cherish and protect, that we not only caught up but surpassed and made allies of most of the young colonies long time adversaries heavily invested in making sure we failed so that the 13 original Colonies were destined to be not just the first but the best Self-Governed people we could be because we continue to aspire , not to be great but better..
Much like the founding fathers , the Liberty Riders may not ALL agree on ALL of the hottest issues of our time, but at the least we too collectively understand that “Greatness”, being a matter of perspective, should not be the goal to shoot for, and commit instead to just be better and stand firm on the common ground that it has been debated, legislated, debated and legislated over and over again so many times these past 250 years or more, with much blood shed in the civil war that there should no longer be any doubt that today in 2025 All means All of us no matter the color of our skin, where we are from, who we love or how or even if we choose to worship.
About last year : On May 5, 2024, motorcyclists across the United States will begin carrying copies of the nation’s most sacred documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and the Emancipation Proclamation through all 50 states in Liberty Ride 2024. All riders will converge in Washington, D.C. in September 2024.
The mission? To remind the nation and its leaders that the United States is built on a foundation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Emancipation Proclamation. The Liberty Ride is an organized relay of motorcyclists who proudly share and carry copies of these documents across the United States to meet up in Washington, D.C. The Ride and its riders’ purpose is to inspire and to remind us all of the critical importance of these essential writings and our county’s foundation.
This is the fifth annual ride (Check out previous year’s rides). The brainchild of Kansas motorcyclist D’Ette Peralta, both the idea and the ride are rapidly gaining support within the country’s motorcycling community. Peralta spent many years enjoying the camaraderie of her local riding community and helping to organize events in Kansas. Events leading up to, and including, the 2016 presidential election fostered growing extremism. She found herself a stranger in a community she thought she knew.
Never one to remain quiet in the face of what she saw as a wrong, she sought to empower others to find their voice. She and many other riders connected on common ground: ““We the People” means everyone.” Equality, Liberty, and Justice are the basic principles on which America was founded. They should unite us, not divide us.”
In 2020, Peralta proposed a relay ride to motorcyclists across the country. Participating bikers carried copies of the nation’s founding documents — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and the Emancipation Proclamation — from their home states in different parts of the country, relaying across state borders and delivering them to national leaders in the capital.
Now in its fifth year, the Liberty Riders have grown in numbers; the event has taken on a life of its own. No longer a lone voice in the 2-wheeled wilderness, D’Ette is surrounded by others around the country who feel as she does: that America is too great a country to be left to one or another body of political extremists. And with that thought, to take action, to seek a more unifying vision that will once again encourage Americans to work together for the good of all.
The Liberty Ride™ is dedicated to the shared vision and mission of an evolving and more perfect union in which the Constitution applies to all, regardless of where we or our ancestors were born; whom we love; the color of our skin; or how or if we worship.
This year we will continue supporting equality in liberty and justice, and promoting Voting rights protections while honoring all of America’s heroes who have sacrificed and devoted their lives to gaining sharing and protecting all of our civil rights and liberties. The Liberty Ride is committed to Never Forget the Sacrifices made for freedom, we salute all American heroes past and present whose commitment to freedom, enable all to be true to themselves; to worship if and how they desire; to love whom they are drawn to; and to live how they choose and to pursue their own happiness.
Riders assert that these rights and norms are not guaranteed against a coordinated attack and are only as robust as our willingness to defend them. They carry the affirmation that “civil rights” encompass not only racial justice, but also worker’s rights, women’s rights, the rights of the LGBQT community. A threat to the rights of any one of us is a threat to the rights of all.
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