Black Bike Week - Celebrating The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps

Celebrating The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps - 1897 Missoula to St.Louis

Part of Melanin in Motion's Black Bike Week.

Tonight is a collaboration with the Minnesota Historical Society, and it comes with something you can't get from a book: period gear from the era of the journey, up close. We'll trace the 25th Infantry's Minnesota chapter — the regiment's years stationed at Fort Snelling — and follow the thread to the soldiers and families who eventually made Minneapolis home.

Then we ride. Because the point of remembering people who rode is to ride.

Expect historians, artifacts, and a route that connects the telling to the ground it happened on. Bring someone who thinks history is boring. Let the bikes handle it.

▸ RIDE DETAILS

• Program: 6: 00 PM gear exhibit & talk · Dinner 7:15 PM
• Start/Finish: Venture Bikes, 2834 10th Ave S (Greenway Level, Midtown Bike Center)
• Featuring: Minnesota Historical Society staff + period equipment
• Bring: Helmet, water, lights, and questions
• Good for: History heads, families, anyone who's never heard this story

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