President’s Day History Ride – Monday, February 19th

[Judd]

I’m hosting a President’s Day Ride again this year. In recognition of the bicentennial of the Great State of Illinois, this year’s ride will visit sites associated with the four Presidents who have called Illinois home: Lincoln, Grant, Reagan and Obama. I’m planning just 6 stops this year. At each stop I’ll share some history of the site or individual. I’ve tried to pick sites that for the most part you probably haven’t visited. (I’ve only been to two myself). I’ll once again try to tie historical events to the present.

The official ride will meet at the Lincoln Memorial at 10:30. I plan to get rolling by 10:45. The ride will end at the Lincoln Cottage, which has a museum and also does tours of the cottage (tours are $15). I’m planning on visiting the museum. Scheduling a tour of the cottage with an unknown number of folks arriving at an unknown time will be too unwieldy, so I opted not to include it as part of the ride. If the weather is nice (it was awesome last year) I may do a half DC loop back to Virginia.

I’m planning on starting the morning by having pancakes at Lazy Mike’s in Falls Church at 8 a.m. There was a great crowd there last year.

Hope to see you one the ride.

Full Details:
Pre-Ride Pancake Option: Optional meet up at Lazy Mike’s in Falls Church for pancakes
Ride Meet: 10:30 in front of the Lincoln Memorial steps (look for the tall bearded white guy and the short Asian lady with bikes that look like this: https://i0.wp.com/www.waba.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Judd-and-Josephine-quote-1.png?zoom=2&resize=581%2C305)
Safety Brief: 10:45 I’ll give a quick safety brief (intro of the marshal team, hand and voice signals and ride overview)
Roll out: Lincoln Memorial is the first stop. We’ll roll out afterwards.
Bathroom Break: There will be a bathroom/snack break after the third stop at Glen’s Garden Market
Route: Approximately 9 miles all on DC streets, with heavy use of low traffic streets, bike lanes and cycletracks
Stops: There will be 6 stops on the tour, all related to President’s who have lived in Illinois
End Point: Lincoln Cottage – There’s a visitor’s center with exhibits to view. They also have a bike rack, though we will likely exceed it’s capacity and need to lock bikes to each other. There’s a tour of the cottage as well that costs $15. I’m not expecting to do the tour since space is limited and our arrival time is uncertain.
Bring: Bike lock, money and any snacks you need
Optional late lunch: For anyone that wants to grab lunch afterwards, we’ll pick a place after the Lincoln Cottage

Watch Bobco’s video of last year’s ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mLL8wkM6Ew

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[LhasaCM]

@Judd 174257 wrote:

All Michiganders loving look west across Lake Michigan and wish that they were from Osh Kosh so they could talk even more funny.

That’s just because of Lake Winnebago.

[drevil]

@LhasaCM 174256 wrote:

And to get this back on track(?) – here’s Ronald Reagan being presented a pair of Oshkosh B’Gosh overalls when visiting Oshkosh WISCONSIN in 1985.

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I think there should be bonus points to those that wear denim overalls on this ride… and bonus bonus points if paired with just a white t-shirt underneath.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@drevil 174263 wrote:

I think there should be bonus points to those that wear denim overalls on this ride… and bonus bonus points if paired with just a white t-shirt underneath.

I’d do it. I’m serious that I was looking recently. Any leads on where to even buy overalls around here? Used to be I could just drive my big ol cheese head over to a Fleet Farm.

[drevil]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 174264 wrote:

I’d do it. I’m serious that I was looking recently. Any leads on where to even buy overalls around here? Used to be I could just drive my big ol cheese head over to a Fleet Farm.

I see plenty at the thrift stores.

[LhasaCM]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 174264 wrote:

I’d do it. I’m serious that I was looking recently. Any leads on where to even buy overalls around here? Used to be I could just drive my big ol cheese head over to a Fleet Farm.

We were more of a Farm & Fleet family, ourselves (it was closer).

Outside of thrift shops: JC Penny/Sears/Walmart carry some, but most likely you’d have to order online for in-store pickup or shipping to your home.

[Judd]

@drevil 174263 wrote:

I think there should be bonus points to those that wear denim overalls on this ride… and bonus bonus points if paired with just a white t-shirt underneath.

LSG is totally going to win this ride.

[Nadine]

@Kitty 174197 wrote:

Fun Fact: This ride will roll out roughly 12 hours after I roll off of my flight home from Japan. Despite this I am so there, and ride marshalling! (Nothing helps with jet-lag like forcing yourself to spend the day outside on the local schedule). As such, I am a maybe on the pancakes.

So long as I’m not falling asleep by that point, I’m looking forward to the museum visit. Can there be an informal meal/beer afterward?

The best part of this photo is the bro waving(?) to the robot.

We’ll expect you to marshall in Japanese, then…. Or at least bring us a few cool words, willya? [emoji16]

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[Kitty]

@Judd 174257 wrote:

All Michiganders love to look west across Lake Michigan and wish that they were from Osh Kosh so they could talk even more funny.

That is categorically false. We’ve even rejected their errant seabirds. After all, nobody likes “Green Bay gulls.”

And you’ve got it Nadine! I can do all of the marshal commands in Japanese, but I was originally thinking of holding onto that until I do the “Sushi Roll Ride” I’m tentatively planning on organizing in early March. ^_~

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[Judd]

Fun fact since Kitty is currently in Japan: on January 8th, 1992, President George H Bush tossed his cookies into the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister at a state dinner before fainting. The Japanese coined the term Bushu-suru which means “to do the Bush thing.”

There will be no Bushu-suru on the President’s Day Ride.

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[lordofthemark]

@Kitty 174520 wrote:

That is categorically false. We’ve even rejected their errant seabirds. After all, nobody likes “Green Bay gulls.”

I wish they all could be California gulls.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Gull/lifehistory

[Judd]

@Kitty 174520 wrote:

That is categorically false. We’ve even rejected their errant seabirds. After all, nobody likes “Green Bay gulls.”

Green Bay Gull:
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[Edelweiss]

@Judd 174528 wrote:

Green Bay Gull:
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I have a Cheesehead like that! I even have a cheese-wedge saddle pack for my spare tube. I think Green Bay Gulls are great!
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[AFHokie]

@Judd 174521 wrote:

There will be no Bushu-suru on the President’s Day Ride.

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That sounds like a challenge

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[Judd]

I hope everyone appropriately celebrated Abraham Lincoln’s 209th birthday today. Although Illinois is known as the Land of Lincoln, he wasn’t born there. Come join the President’s Day ride and find out how the White Snakeroot plant may have been responsible for Lincoln’s migration to Illinois.

[Judd]

Oh the things you learn when researching for a President’s Day Ride:

“Erotomania is a type of delusional disorder where the affected person believes that another person is in love with him or her. This belief is usually applied to someone with higher status or a famous person, but can also be applied to a complete stranger.”

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