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Riding Into History, America’s original and longest running motorcycle Concours d’Elegance, last Saturday, May 21st, celebrated its seventeenth anniversary with another spectacular event at St. Augustine, Florida’s beautiful World Golf Village. The weekend began with a sold out fund raising dinner to benefit the K9’s For Warriors, an organization training rescue dogs as service animals for returning veterans with PTS. Shari Duval, founder of the K9’s offered very emotional off the cuff remarks. In the past three years RIH has raised over 80K for the K9’s. On a beautiful Florida Saturday that defied the dire weather forecast, some 270 antique …

Riding Into History has t-shirts and posters available for purchase online.  This year’s artwork was started by the late Don Bradley and finish with love by his daughter Veronica (Roni) Naas.  This is our last opportunity to share Don’s passion for motorcycles and Riding Into History. Tickets are available online for a special offer of: buy 1 ticket, get one free or 2 for the price of one.  For $10 you will receive 2 tickets in the mail.  Postage is .49. Proceeds from t-shirt, poster and tickets sales are donated to our worthy charity, K9s For Warriors. Look for more …

Riding Into History is excited to introduce our new Chairman Jennifer Samioglou.  She is an enthusiastic motorcycle rider and will contribute a lot to Riding Into History.  Here is Jennifer’s introduction in her words: About thirteen years ago my husband decided he wanted a motorcycle.  He set a specific income goal and a few months later a promotion put him right where he wanted to be.  He also decided that due to our son being younger it would be a good idea if we purchased a smaller bike for me in case he wanted to ride with us, so that …

Thanks to World Golf Hall of Fame, an opportunity arose to move the date of Riding Into History 2016 up a week.  We took the new date available.  The new dates for Riding Into History 2016 are:  Friday, May 20, 2016 for the Grand Marshal Vintage Ride and Grand Marshal Dinner at Shell Hall in the World Golf Hall of Fame and Saturday, May 21, 2016 for the Motorcycle Concours d’Elegance.

On July 23, 2015, Riding Into History had the honor of donating $40,000 to K9s For Warriors!  This is our second year of making a $40K donation to K9s For Warriors.  We presented our donation at the new K9s For Warriors facility in the Nocatee community in Ponte Vedra, FL. We were able to attend the first graduation class of K9s For Warriors at their brand new home.  The class that graduated consisted of 4 female Air Force warriors and 4 female Army warriors.  The new K9s For Warriors home has accommodations to train 16 warriors and dogs at one …

You may now register your motorcycle online for the May 23, 2015, Riding Into History Concours d’Elegance!  As always, there is no entry fee for qualified motorcycles, great gifts and outstanding awards.  This is an antique, vintage and classic motorcycle event. However, significant post-1990 motorcycles; limited edition models, and those of historic interest may be accepted for display only. Acceptance into RIH is at the discretion of the organizers.  There is a limit of 350 motorcycles. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED The World Golf Village provides an exceptionally beautiful setting for the Concours. The motorcycles will be displayed on the paved walk …

Riding Into History is inviting you to become a sponsor of our world-class motorcycle affair.  There are three big events for one deserving charity.  On Friday, May 22, 2015, enjoy a historic vintage ride through old Florida roads, lunch, and a wonderful dinner, both with our Grand Marshal Dave Aldana!  Then on Saturday, May 23, 2015, enjoy a day with hundreds of antique, vintage and classic motorcycles situated on a brick walkway around the beautiful lake. Our guests represent a high financial demographic, they are influential members of the motorcycling community, owning multiple types of vehicle collections. Your sponsorship would …

The 15th annual Riding Into History is less than a week away.   We are very dedicated to raise more funds for our charity this year than ever before!  The Weaver Foundation of Jacksonville promises to match any donation given to K9s for Warriors.  Please come and support this very worthwhile organization.  Your entrance donation of $10 goes directly to K9s for Warriors, and you will know that it is being matched.  If you are not able to attend this year, please donate online. K9s for Warriors will be breaking ground on a new facility at the Nocatee Community in …