The sound of thunder in Jacksonville today wasn\u2019t just coming from the stormy skies.<\/p>\n
Dozens of motorcyclists weathered heavy downpours for the annual Rolling Thunder ride for freedom, proving not even a rainstorm could dampen their mission of remembrance.<\/p>\n
The roar of engines drowned out the sound of rain in Jacksonville Sunday as the Rolling Thunder hosted its annual Ride for Freedom, and the riders refused to let a little or even a lot of rain, stop them.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m riding and I\u2019m leading it I got a rain jacket, I\u2019ll put it on and it\u2019ll probably stop the rain from coming down.<\/p>\n
Organizers Paul Levesque, State liaison for Rolling Thunder Inc. NC, say this nationwide Memorial Day tradition not only aims to keep a spotlight on those who fought for our country but for the ones who remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not about cookouts, it\u2019s not about celebration, it\u2019s about remembering our fallen. They\u2019re either in cemeteries or they haven\u2019t come home. So, we don\u2019t want to forget them.\u201d<\/p>\n
And for the riders and spectators who lined the slick streets, including Veteran, Floyd Baker the wet weather was simply a minor inconvenience compared to the sacrifice being honored.<\/p>\n
We still don\u2019t let these things slow us down. Whenever you\u2019re in the military, your mission goes on regardless of weather or conditions. You don\u2019t let things get in your way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sound of thunder in Jacksonville today wasn\u2019t just coming from the stormy skies. Dozens of motorcyclists weathered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-283214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}