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Military Vehicle Convoy Coast to Coast going on now!

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I'll update this thread as the dates draw closer.

This fall the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) will be retracing the route of the second US ARMY Transcontinental Motor Convoy across the United States, along the BANKHEAD HIGHWAY. The 1920 route began at the Ellipse, in Washington, DC and ended at Balboa Park, in San Diego, CA – some 3,300 miles and 116 days later.



The MVPA is underway with detail planning to conduct a 95th Anniversary Convoy with as many as 120 Historic Military Vehicles that will retrace the original 1920 Transcontinental Motor Convoy route – along the Bankhead Highway. The MVPA 2015 Bankhead Convoy ("BH-15") will launch from Washington, DC on Saturday, 19 September, 2015 and arrive in San Diego, CA some 29 days later, on Saturday, 17 October.



Some key points around this major project:

  • This is a Convoy of Historic Military Vehicles – of all eras, from WWI through to military vehicles recently released from our Military.
  • The Convoy includes vehicles traveling the entire length of the original route, and those that are joining for a region of the route. They may travel for a day, several days or several hundred miles.
  • Daily stopping points are planned to be at locations used by the 1920 Convoy where practical.
  • The Convoy plans to establish a static display of the BH’15 Convoy Military Vehicles at each of our lunch stops and overnight encampments or bivouacs.
  • The entire BH’15 Convoy team looks forward to reaching out to our Veterans and current Service Members and their families to say THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
Here is an overall map of the route and the schedule of planned stops. The lunch stops are in red and the over-night stops are in black.
 

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Alright folks, today is the day!

The convoy just started today and as many as 65 Historic Military Vehicles (HMVs) that will retrace the original 1920 Transcontinental Motor Convoy route – along the Bankhead Highway.

I will post updates from time to time and you can follow their progress on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MVPAConvoy

Here's the updated calendars for the trip that will end in 29 days.
 

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