Prior to the opening of the Hall of Remembrance, John Ciuppa (left photo), began the reading of names of fallen officers from 2017 at the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial. Honored guests lined up (right photo) to continue the state-by-state calling of names.
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these guys?” reaction that greeted the tour when it arrived in
D.C. the first few years. There weren’t even any walls at the Me-
morial yet; just a grassy knoll.
“Just a group of determined guys from New Jersey with a do-
nation check,” Schultz remembered. “And we just kept coming
back each year. We were real serious about supporting this and
remembering everybody who was lost.”
They have never forgotten, staying true to the Tour motto
“They ride for those who died.” Fittingly, before anybody set
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foot in the museum, the evening began with a ceremony at the
Memorial where the names of fallen officers from 2017 were
read.
Then, with the convoy through the doors and into the Hall
of Remembrance, an unofficial addendum to the motto came:
“They ride for how they lived.”
Celebrating how they lived seems to be the mission of the Hall
of Remembrance. After survivors of fallen officers stood togeth-
er to cut the ribbon officially opening the hall, riders gravitated
to the wall of photos, perusing each one to meet these sisters
and brothers. A line formed to the left, where family members