The 21st Rolling Thunder takes place around 22nd Street and Constitution Avenue in NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 25, 2008. Thousands of motor cyclists, most of them war veterans, depart their gathering place at the Pentagon parking lot for the ride through Virginia and Washington, DC to the Vietnam VeteranÕs Memorial. Rolling Thunder is an annual motorcycle rally held in Washington, DC during the Memorial Day weekend. About 400,000 veterans roar across Washington, DC on their motorcycles as a tribute to American war heroes and to call for the government's recognition and protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) and those Missing in Action (MIAs). (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)
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