The first of the bikers began streaming through town long before the scheduled lunch stop at 10 a.m.
They thundered down U.S. 72 and Interstate 565 with their flags, big and small, fluttering behind them.
Madison police estimated there were about 2,000-2,500 bikers through town on Saturday.
"We're fully prepared for it," Capt. John Stringer of the Madison Police Department said just before the riders left Madison around 11:30 a.m. "So far, we've been real fortunate - no issues, no problems."
Most of the motorcycles were from Alabama, but there were some with Texas and North Carolina tags.
There were Harley-Davidsons and Hondas, mostly, but some of the participants in the 19th annual Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride chose to ride with flamboyance.
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I wish I could ride with them. My family were friends of Cherokees way back and I have some great memories. Cherokees and the Lakotah Sioux are the First Americans in my book.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how many participated.
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