Who We Are: The American Legion Riders are a national program built on service, camaraderie, and community impact. Our chapters support The American Legion’s mission through supporting veterans and their families, mentoring youth, and strengthening communities nationwide. With over 125,000 American Legion Riders in more than 2,500 chapters across every domestic department and at least three foreign countries, the community is united in service and camaraderie.
Legion Riders Post 208 Chapter: Our Chapter is open to any American Legion Member, including Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion, that owns and rides a motorcycle 500cc or more and their rider. If you are a Legion member from another Post that does not have a Rider’s Chapter, you are welcome to join ours.
We are a group of men and women with a passion for riding motorcycles and have joined that passion with our dedication to serving veterans. The Riders at Post 208 are involved in activities including the Patriot Guard , providing escorts for funeral and memorial displays, welcoming home our veterans, Talons Out Honor Flight and Habitat For Humanity. Some of our members volunteer their time at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, while others spend their time with our other fund raising and Post activities.
Ready to Join?
- Stop by Post 208 and complete an application. You can place it in our mailbox at the post, or mail it to: D.W. Cassard, Post 208, Attn: ALR, 133 44th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49548
- Annual Membership dues are $12 (as of 4/2026)
- Questions? Call Director Raymond Pickard at 616-312-9422, or email pickardfire21@gmail.com.
Get Connected!
- Visit our Facebook page: American Legion Riders Post 208
- Join us for dinner served by the American Legion Riders, held on the 4th Saturday of each month, September to April. See the Events Calendar for more details. Proceeds help fund many of our activities in support of veterans and military families.
- Monthly meetings are normally held on the 3rd Sunday of the month, at 12:30 pm
What We Do. American Legion Riders:
- Chapters and districts, nationally, have become some of the most generous donors for the American Legacy Scholarship Fund, raising as much as $5,000 or more in a single event.
- Participate in the annual POW/MIA Rally held each Memorial weekend in Washington D.C. known as "Rolling Thunder".
- Sponsor or participate in local and national charity events in support of the sponsoring American Legion Post.
- Ride to raise money for such organizations as local VA Hospitals, Battered Women and Children's Center, Varied Children and Youth programs, a School for Blind Children, Veterans Relief, Needy families and many, many others.
- Founded a national movement called “Patriot Guard” (www.patriotguard.org) that honors and protects the sanctity of military funerals and memorial services.
- Have formed special motorcycle Honor Guards and ceremonial teams highlighting the special bonds formed in military service and the motorcycling community.
- Have also begun to teach motorcycle and driver safety in the community and in schools in cooperation with ABATE and other national motorcycling organizations.