Rollin’ for vets: Motorcyclists pay tribute with drive-thru at veterans home
Monday, November 15, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
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Chaplain John Hiduchick prays over Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home with motorcyclists in Hilo on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Motorcycle clubs from around the island got together to ride to the veterans home in honor of Veterans Day. ▲
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Mayor Mitch Roth thanks motorcycle clubs for using their time to honor veterans before they ride to Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home in Hilo on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. ▲
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Chaplain John Hiduchick leads a group of motorcyclists to Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home in Hilo on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Motorcycle clubs from around the island got together to ride to the veterans home in honor of Veterans Day. ▲
Veterans watch as motorcyclists from around the island ride to Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home in Hilo on Sunday. (Kelsey Walling/HAWAII Tribune-Herald) ▲
Motorcyclists circle the front entrance of Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home in Hilo on Sunday. Motorcycle clubs from around the island got together to ride to the veterans home in honor of Veterans Day. (Kelsey Walling/Hawaii Tribune-Herald) ▲
A woman sends a shaka while motorcyclists from around the island ride together to Yukio Okutsu Veterans State Home in Hilo on Sunday. (Kelsey Walling/Hawaii Tribune-Herald) ▲
An American flag decorates the front of a motorcycle at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo on Sunday. (Kelsey Walling/Hawaii Tribune-Herald) ▲
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Island motorcycle clubs gathered at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium for a short ceremony Sunday before riding to Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in honor of Veterans Day.
After motorcyclists drove by veterans in front of the home, Chaplain John Hiduchick with Aloha Hoahanau Motorcycle Club led the group and prayed over veterans and thanked them for their service.