Fallen Remembered At Riverside Memorial Day Ride: PHOTOS

RIVERSIDE, CA -- Thousands of motorcyclists roared through Riverside and into Perris Monday for a Memorial Day tribute. The 19th annual "West Coast Thunder" began with the national anthem before riders took off on a 17-mile trek past the Riverside National Cemetery.

The ride concluded with a concert of patriotic music with proceeds benefitting the Riverside National Cemetery Support Committee, which relies on donations to build monuments and make other improvements at the cemetery, where more than 200,000 U.S. military veterans, police officers, firefighters and others are interred.

--Photos by Lori Minnick