Legacy Run online registration ends Aug. 1

Online registration for the USAA-sponsored 2016 Legacy Run will end Aug. 1. So far, 490 participants have signed up to partcipate in the 11th annual motorcycle ride benefitting The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund.

The registration fee is $50 for riders and $25 for passengers. Non-riders may also register in support of the Legacy Run. All supporting registrations of $25 or greater will receive the full map book set and 2016 American Legion Legacy Run Patches through the mail.

All map books, patches and other registration material will be mailed to all pre-registered riders, passengers and supporters on or before Aug. 12. There is no guarantee that T-shirts, map books and patches will be delivered in time for the ride for those who register after Aug. 1.

This year’s Legacy Run will leave Kenneth N. Dowden Wayne Post 64 Indianapolis at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 21 and travel more than 1,300 miles through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio. On Aug. 25, the ride will conclude at Post 199 in Harrison, Ohio, on the eve of the 98th American Legion National Convention in Cincinnati. From Aug. 25-28, Post 199 and other Ohio American Legion Rider chapters will host Rider events, meals and runs.

Last year’s Legacy Run raised more than $1.2 million for the Legacy Fund, which provides college scholarships for the children of parents who died while on active-duty military service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, and for the children of post-9/11 veterans with a disability rating of 50 percent or higher. In 10 years, the Legacy Run has raised more than $6 million for the fund.

To register, click here.