Legacy Run - Day 1
Heavy rains slowed the riders during the first day of the 2018 Legacy Run. The run will take the riders five days and across four states to the centennial National Convention in Minneapolis.![The American Legion Riders say the pledge of allegiance before heading off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20180819_LegacyRun_31.jpg?itok=uo1Xxpks)
The American Legion Riders say the pledge of allegiance before heading off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run.
![Supporters stand outside the Lysle Rishel American Legion Post 68 as American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Hutchinson, Kan.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/081918_Legacy%20Run_Web_0006.jpg?itok=51SX1hQw)
Supporters stand outside the Lysle Rishel American Legion Post 68 as American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Hutchinson, Kan.
![American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run outside of Hutchinson, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20180819_LegacyRun_53.jpg?itok=ZED8EU4z)
American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run outside of Hutchinson, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.
![American Legion Riders share a laugh during a stop for gas on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Emporia, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/081918_Legacy%20Run_Web_0012.jpg?itok=pkxdj3YD)
American Legion Riders share a laugh during a stop for gas on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Emporia, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.
![American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run outside of Hutchinson, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20180819_LegacyRun_135.jpg?itok=_Y6wvymK)
American Legion Riders take off on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run outside of Hutchinson, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.
![American Legion Riders drive through heavy rain on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Emporia, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20180819_LegacyRun_227.jpg?itok=X5bfMqNC)
American Legion Riders drive through heavy rain on the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Emporia, Kan. on Sunday, August 19.
![From left, John Bruce, 1st vice of American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149, Lowry Finley-Jackson, adjutant for the Department of Missouri, and Robert Murray, American Legion Riders post 149, laugh as they welcome American Legion Riders to American Legion Post 21 at the end of the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Independence, MO.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/081918_Legacy%20Run_Web_0018.jpg?itok=I9faxzqe)
From left, John Bruce, 1st vice of American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149, Lowry Finley-Jackson, adjutant for the Department of Missouri, and Robert Murray, American Legion Riders post 149, laugh as they welcome American Legion Riders to American Legion Post 21 at the end of the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Independence, MO.
![Brian Keller, the state sergeant-at-arms for the Department of Missouri’s Legion Riders, and Alyssa Keller, the state chaplain for the Department of Missouri’s Legion Riders welcome American Legion Riders to American Legion Post 21 at the end of the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Independence, MO.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/081918_Legacy%20Run_Web_0017.jpg?itok=-YPfNGlj)
Brian Keller, the state sergeant-at-arms for the Department of Missouri’s Legion Riders, and Alyssa Keller, the state chaplain for the Department of Missouri’s Legion Riders welcome American Legion Riders to American Legion Post 21 at the end of the first leg of The American Legion Legacy Run in Independence, MO.