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Motorcycle riders line up to participate in this year's Rolling Thunder parade, in the parking lot of the Pentagon on Sunday, May 27, 2001. ( Vance Jacobs / The Washington Times )

Participants in the Rolling Thunder annual motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge near the National Mall during the Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 29, 2011. The Rolling Thunder organization's mission is to bring awareness to the POW-MIA issue and to educate the public of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Isaac Katongole, 8, walks with his father Meddie Katongole, and Meddie's fiancee Mercy Mbogori, as they stroll past parked motorcycles on The National Mall, during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder, Inc. National Executive Director Artie Muller leads the way during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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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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Steven Prager of East Brunswick, N.J., wears a vest with patches as he makes a pit stop with about 40 other riders from Rolling Thunder at the Maryland House along I-95 in Harford County, Md., Friday May 23, 2008. They are en route to the Vietnam Veteran's memorial in Washington D.C., this evening for a candle light vigil, and the Rolling Thunder event in Washington D.C., tomorrow Saturday May 24. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Eight-year-old Mitchell Tonkin, from Pennsylvania, takes a closer look at his flag while waiting to join this year's 'Rolling Thunder' at one of the Pentagon's parking lots near Pentagon City, Va, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Tens of thousands of motor cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge then heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue and finally returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )

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Tens of thousands of motor cyclists are saluted while joining the 20th anniversary of 'Rolling Thunder' near the Lincoln Memorial NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 27, 2007. The cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon in Virginia as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge and heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue before returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )

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Thousands of motorcyclist stage up at the Pentagon prior to heading toward the Vietnam Memorial as part of the 19th annual Rolling Thunder in Washington, DC, Sunday, May 28, 2006. ( Saul McSween / The Washington Times )

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Steve Britton, of Dillon, Colorado., makes his way down the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial as crowds gathered to get a glimpse of the bikers during the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride on Sunday, May 29, 2005. This is Britton's fourth year for participating in the ride. ( Carla DePoyster / The Washington Times )

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Seven-year-old Zeke and owner David Taylor of CT hang out on a specially modified dog-friendly motorcycle in the Pentagon's North parking lot, where bikers assembled before the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride, Sunday, May 29, 2005. The event pays homage to POW's. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )

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At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in NW Washington, Michael "Trumpet" Willis pays homage to colleagues who died during the Vietnam war as the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride takes place, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Willis served in Vietnam in 1971. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )

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During Rolling Thunder, Rose Harrelson, left, greets bikers as they come across the Memorial Bridge. Sunday, May 26, 2002 ( Damiel Rosenbaum / The Washington Times )

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**FILE** The last light of the day sets on Mount Everest on Oct. 27, 2011, as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region in Nepal. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is seen here June 14, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors in summer 2012. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has called the restaurant pavilion for the east campus of the St. Elizabeths site in Southeast part of “maybe the biggest project ever in the history of the city.” (Rodney Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals center fielder Roger Bernadina (2) slides in safely to home plate after a single by second baseman Stephen Lombardozzi in the fifth inning of the Orioles' 6-5 road win on May 19, 2012. (Associated Press)