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Click the map image to see the 69-mile route for Friday, July 23, which includes Richmond, Granville, Sherwood Forest, Williamsburg and Yorktown, VA.

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Click the map image to see the 61-mile route for Thursday, July 22, which includes Fredericksburg, Woodford, Lorne, Mechanicsville and Richmond, VA.

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Click the map image to see the 51-mile route for Wednesday, July 21, which includes Washington, DC, Fort Belvoir, Quantico, Stafford and Fredericksburg, VA.

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The 80-mile route for Monday, July 19, includes Emmitsville, Frederick, Rockville, Winding Creek Park and Walter Reed Hospital. The riders will rest in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 20.

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The 61-mile route for Sunday, July 18, includes Breezewood, PA, McConnellsburg, PA, Green Castle, Gettysburg and Emmitsville, MD.

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Click the map image to see the 61-mile route for Saturday, July 17, which includes Somerset, Stony Creek, Shawnee State Park, Everett and Breezewood, PA.

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Click the map image to see the 78-mile route for Friday, July 16, which includes Pittsburgh, Mt. Pleasant, Kooser State Park and Somerset, PA.

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Click the map image to see the 38-mile route for Wednesday, July 14, which includes Steubenville, OH, Hillman State Park, PA, Santiago, PA, Moon Run, PA and Pittsburgh. The riders will rest in Pittsburgh Thursday, July 15.

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The 65-mile route for Tuesday, July 13 includes Cambridge, Piedmont Lake, Crawford, Belvedere and Steubenville, OH.

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Click the map image to see the 83-mile route for Monday, July 12, which includes Columbus, Kirkersville, Hopewell, Zanesville and Cambridge, OH.

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Click the map image to see the 82-mile route for Sunday, July 11, which includes Dayton, Phoneton, Beaver Creek Farms, Summerford, West Jefferson and Columbus, OH.

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Courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, these photos are from Thursday, July 8:

Below are several television news clips from last weekend. In reverse chronological order, MSNBC talked to Marc on July 5, Fox News interviewed Marc and Kevin July 3, and WICD in Pekin, IL rode along and spoke with Chris and Eric July 3.

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Here’s another view of the riders’ July 4th arrival in Bloomington, IL, featuring interviews with Nicolette, Rory and Kevin:

If you haven’t checked out Kevin Sullivan’s blog, you should. It’s packed with great photos like this one – Marc Esposito and Kevin, wearing old Army helmets in front of a restored 1950s era Jeep. (Canton, IL – July 3)

As an employee of State Farm, I want to welcome the riders to Bloomington, Illinois, our hometown. It was great riding through town with them, and the support from the community was great! Read this article from The Pantagraph about their 4th of July arrival, photos below, and here’s a video I put together from today’s event:

Click the map image to see the 78-mile route for Friday, July 9, which includes Greenfield, IN, Knightstown, IN, Dublin, IN, Richmond, IN and Clayton, OH. The riders will rest on Saturday, July 10 in Dayton, OH.

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Click the map image to see the 68-mile route for Thursday, July 8, which includes Crawfordsville, New Ross, Brownsburg, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Greenfield, IN.

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Click the map image to see the 81-mile route for Wednesday, July 7, which includes Champaign, IL, Fithian, IL, Covington, IN and Crawfordsville, IN.

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Click the map image to see the 51-mile route for Tuesday, July 6, which includes Bloomington, LeRoy, Farmer City, Mahomet and Champaign, IL.

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