Veterans Tribute Ride

09/23/2026

Thanks to the Masonic Lodge in IM for hosting our first Veterans Tribute Ride meeting of the year last night! We jump started the night discussing things that went well and ideas that may need work for next year! The new board members were elected and we're off to a great start for the 23rd Annual Ride! Interested in joining the committee? You can still join us at our next VTR meeting at The American Legion Post 145 located at 621 Main St Norway, MI 49870 on Thursday 10/15/26 @ 5:30pm. See you there!

09/21/2026

The first Veterans Tribute Ride Meeting for the 23rd annual ride is scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 9/21/26 at 5:30 pm @ Iron Mountain Masonic Lodge #388 at 809 Carpenter Avenue #3, Iron Mt. MI. Please come out if you'd like to join this amazing group! Do you want to be part of our committee or board this year to help collect donations, vote on decisions, and make this amazing event happen? We love being able to help out area Veteran organizations that are part of the planning! We'll see you on the tomorrow night!!

09/02/2026

Are you ready???? Our first Veterans Tribute Ride Meeting for the 23rd annual ride is scheduled for Monday 9/21/26 at 5:30 pm. Location- Iron Mountain Masonic Lodge #388 at 809 Carpenter Avenue #3, Iron Mt. MI. Please come out to show your support and join this amazing group! All proceeds go to the Veterans' groups in the area that join the committee along with donations to the UP Honor Flight, the Pine Mountain Veteran's Memorial Park, and the OGJVAMC CLC! Do you want to be part of our committee this year to help collect donations, vote on decisions, and make this event happen? We'll see you on the 21st!!

07/09/2026

The Veterans Tribute Ride Committee held their check distribution night tonight! Our VTR Treasurer- Mario Zanoni, VTR Vice Treasurer-Kristal Blahnik, and VTR President Christy Faymonville handed out the checks. We would like to thank everyone once again that made this event possible and especially to those individuals and businesses for their continued generosity! You all helped us achieve our biggest year yet! We are so excited to be able to help so many Veterans Organizations along with the UP Honor Flight, Pine Mountain Veterans Memorial, and the OGJVAMC CLC. Want to join the planning committee for next year's ride? Keep an eye out for the date and join us for our first meeting around September 2026.

06/17/2026

Thank you again to everyone that made this event possible and especially to those individuals and businesses for their continued generosity to help us have another amazing year! We are so excited to help many Veterans Organizations, UP Honor Flight, Pine Mountain Veterans Memorial, and the OGJVAMC CLC. An added thank you goes out to the Black Pistons, Ottawa-Iron River VFW Post #3134, and Riverside Pizzeria who are not on the banners because the donations were collected on the day of the ride! We apologize if anyone else was accidentally omitted from the banners! We appreciated every donation whether big or small!

05/26/2026

Here's a great video of the 2026 Veterans Tribute Ride provided by Jason Asselin.

Rolling thunder coming down the highway, police sirens echoing through the air on Memorial Day weekend.. Here comes the 22nd annual Veterans Tribute Ride tha...

05/25/2026

We greatly appreciate the community sharing their videos with us! Check out this amazing utube link from Jason Asselin who does local media coverage and covers some of our event every year!

Watch the 2026 Veterans Tribute Ride pass downtown Iron Mountain, MI as the Dickinson County Sheriff Department blazes thru with sirens roaring before the so...

05/25/2026

The members of VFW Post 3134 would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in and supported the Veterans Tribute Ride. Your continued support of our Veterans and our community means more than words can express.

We would also like to give a special thank you to the West Iron County Fire Department, Michigan State Police, Iron County Sheriff's Department, Iron River Police Department, and the Iron River City DPW for all of your help, support, and assistance in making this event safe and successful.

A very special thank you goes out to Greg Blahnick, Tim Griggs, and Christy Faymonville for coordinating this incredible event and helping make it such a meaningful tribute to our Veterans. We truly appreciate everything you do for our community and those who served.

05/24/2026

Here's the crew coming around the corner in Florence headed towards Spread Eagle!

05/24/2026

We were all blessed to be able to stop at the Oscar G Johnson VAMC! We greatly appreciate their hospitality and hard work in welcoming the riders every year! The CLC residents were all wearing their special design of this year's apparel and were so happy to see everyone! It was a bit chilly, but at least Mother Nature held off on the rain!