By Kentucky Brotherhood
On Wednesday, July 19th, 34 cyclists and 26 support personnel will take on this year's Kentucky Brotherhood Ride. We will honor 19 heroes who died in the line of duty in our Commonwealth in 2022 along with several honor stops for personnel who died in 2021. Our trip will also include stops at several memorials that are located in these areas as well.
We will be visiting the following counties in this order:
- Bell
- Knox
- Whitley
- Laurel
- Clay
- Leslie
- Perry
- Breathitt
- Magoffin
- Floyd
- Pike
You can still support our mission to honor and to remember these fallen heroes and their families by purchasing apparel (email or message us for that) or by simply making a tax-deductible donation on line here - Kentucky Brotherhood Ride 2023.
Thank you to all who have already given. We look foward to seeing more folks as we travel through these communities to show that: #KentuckyNeverForgets
Our 2023 Kentucky Brotherhood Ride will begin in Middlesboro and finish in Pikeville.
We will be headed to London on Wednesday, July 19 to honor their 2 officers, their families and the men and women of the London Police Department, KY. We are scheduled to arrive at the London Farmers Market at 5:30PM. #KentuckyNeverForgets
Along the way we will honor the 19 Kentucky heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice in our Commonwealth in 2022 along with several who passed in 2021 in Eastern Kentucky and one in 2020.
Our overnight locations will be in the following cities:
- Middlesboro
- London
- Hazard
- Salyersville
- Pikeville
The Kentucky Brotherhood welcomes folks to come meet us along the route, you can see dates and times of our stops in the photos below.
We do have a couple of requests for those of you coming out to greet us:
- #1 we ask you bring an American flag with you.
- #2 we ask that you be sure to cheer the riders on as enthusiastically as you're able!
If you have any questions about dates and times, feel free to message us here Kentucky Brotherhood.
We will also post each of these on their respective dates - we just wanted everyone to know ahead of time for planning.
We also want to go ahead and thank the following organizations for their assistance already on our Day 0 and Day 1:
- Middlesboro Fire Department/EMS
- Middlesboro Police Department
- The City of Middlesboro Kentucky
- Bell County Rescue Squad
- Bell County Ky Sheriff's Department
- Bell County Volunteer Fire Department
- Bell County Emergency Medical Service & Training Center
- Pineville Ky Police Department
- Pineville Fire Dept.
- West Knox Volunteer Fire Rescue
- Knox County, Ky Sheriff's Department
- East Knox Volunteer Fire Department
- Bailey Switch Volunteer Fire Dept.
- Barbourville Police Department
- Barbourville Fire Department
- Corbin Police Department
- Corbin Fire Department
- Whitley County Sheriff's Department
- Laurel County Sheriff's Office
- London Police Department, KY,
- Laurel County Fire Department
- Lily Fire & Rescue
- London - Laurel Rescue Squad
- London City Fire Department
- Laurel County DPS / Emergency Management
- Air Evac Lifeteam 179 - London, KY
- PHI 2 London KY
- Air Evac Lifeteam 56 - Danville, KY,
- Taylor County Detention Center
- Monticello Fire Department
- Casey County Detention Center
- Poplar Springs Vol. Fire Department
- Kentucky State Police
Kentucky Brotherhood Honor Stops and Rest Stops
Kentucky Brotherhood event from last year:
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See you soon, Kentucky!
#OneTeam #OneMission #KentuckyNeverForgets
