Gettysburg Bike Week may be cancelled, but bikers still plan to gather in Gettysburg July 9 through 12th.
Gettysburg Bike Week organizers announced on June 1 that the 2020 version of the 19-year-old event would be cancelled due to state and local coronavirus restrictions. But many motorcyclists wanted to still gather, support local businesses and ride amidst the Civil War battlefields.
Shaun Wood is one of those bikers, and, along with a small crew, helped put together a makeshift gathering that isn’t affiliated with the original bike week at all. The gathering amounts to a series of loosely organized Facebook events under the Battlefield Bike Rally moniker. Among the events are the Battlefield Harley-Davidson Anniversary Bash on July 9, a bike rally on the same day and concerts on July 10 and 11 at various venues in Gettysburg. There’s also a motorcycle swap meet titled “Thunder on the Strip” that will happen throughout the weekend at a secret location -- you’ll have to text “remind” to 57838 to get the location.
The Battlefield Bike Rally aims to support the small businesses of Gettysburg and, in Wood’s words, “take back our freedom from our tyrant governor.”
But the main goal really is to help the local economy. “This is all about small businesses for me,” Wood said. He’s already posted on Facebook a list of restaurants and bars he recommends supporting during the weekend.
“We’re just getting together with a bunch of bikers and supporting the community,” he said.
Wood said that the Battlefield Bike Rally events will follow CDC guidelines, and the bikers will be working to ensure that restrictions, like 250 person gathering limits, are followed at indoor venues.
You can learn more about what the bikers have planned by checking out the Facebook group page.
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