Blue Knights IL XV

01/20/2026

https://www.vancilmurphy.com/obituary/sharon-van-eman

DAWSON Sharon L. Van Eman, 82, passed away Monday, January 19, 2026, at her home. She was born December 29, 1943, to Robert O. and Clara Jane Wood Huffman, both of whom preceded her in death. She married James Van Eman in 1962. Sharon was a 1961 graduate of Lanphier

08/27/2025

Next Meeting - 08/27/2025 - **** 7:00 p.m. - ***NOTE *** American Legion - 1120 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702

Come early for dinner!!!

Hope to see you there!!!

“Ride with Pride”

07/30/2025

Next Meeting - 07/30/2025 - **** 7:00 p.m. - ***NOTE *** American Legion - 1120 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702

Come early for dinner!!!



Hope to see you there!!!

01/01/2025

12/20/2024

Merry Christmas to all!!!

11/23/2024

Next Meeting - 11/27/2024 - **** 7:00 p.m. - ***NOTE *** American Legion - 1120 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702

Come early for dinner!!!

*****ATTENTION - PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE REGARDING OUR DECEMBER/JANUARY MEETING DATES AND LOCATION WILL BE 01/08/2023 @ CHESAPEAKE DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS.


Hope to see you there!!!

10/23/2024

Oh boy ….we need to check on our members…..we have a rider down !!!!

08/27/2024

https://youtu.be/SiZN8XEsUI0?si=zIx8mBW6LPWKbTTS

07/01/2024

06/15/2024

𝓦𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 2024 𝓟𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓡𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓮

𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓮 - 21 𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓙𝓾𝓵𝔂 21, 2024

𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 183𝓻𝓭 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓽 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓐𝓲𝓻𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽

Registration opens at 8:30
Opening Ceremonies begin at 10:30
Ride Departs at 11:30

1st Stop - Central Park - Jacksonville, IL - The Jacksonville Square
Rt. 4 to Old Jacksonville Rd
Old Jacksonville Rd in to Jacksonville
Arrive on the square from the North

𝓔𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓐𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓵 - 12:30

There will be fourteen establishments open for drinks on the square. Six of those will serve food plus three (3) additional food trucks will be on hand to serve you. This will be a 1.5 hour lunch stop.

𝓓𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓗𝓪𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓪 - 2:00 𝓹𝓶

2nd Stop - The Stag Tap - The square in Havana
Rt 78 North to Havana

𝓔𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓐𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓵 - 3:00 𝓹𝓶

There will be parking around the square with multiple areas to get a refreshment

𝓓𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓢𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓷, 𝓘𝓛 - 4:00 𝓹𝓶

East on Rt 136
South on Rt 29 to Athens
Rt 123 to Rt 124 (South)
Arrival at The Sherman Village Park Amphitheater

𝓔𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓐𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓵 - 5:15 𝓹𝓶

𝓒𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓒𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 - 5:45 𝓹𝓶

𝓔𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼 - 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓖𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱 & 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓶𝓹 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼!!

Food will be available by Hickory River Smokehouse

𝖂𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 20 𝖑𝖆𝖜 𝖊𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖊𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗.

𝖂𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖓'𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖙𝖔𝖕 𝖘𝖔𝖔𝖓!!