HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A very special event kicks off Sunday in Hutchinson with the annual American Legion Legacy Motorcycle Ride. Mak McGaughey talks about the ride and their destination:

 

 

McGaughey says the event is held to raise money for very special scholarships in remembrance of 9-11:

 

The Legacy Run will leave Hutchinson on Sunday and arrive in Minneapolis for the National Convention Aug. 23, in Minnesota.

At various stops along the way, Legion Riders will take part in wreath-laying ceremonies at various memorials and cemeteries, as well as make lunch and dinner stops at Legion posts whose charters all date between 1919-1921.

The 2017 Legacy Run raised a record $1,224,653 – the fourth straight year that the Ride raised more than $1 million.