MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Dozens of cyclists pulled up to the Mattoon YMCA on Wednesday to stay for the night after riding after riding 100 miles. Their journey is halfway over, but they’re not doing it for themselves.
“Now we’re stopping by schools, restocking by different VFW, American Legion halls,” Barry Tobias, Gold Star Mission President, said. “So that we can really, really tell the story about why we’re out here and what we’re doing.”
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They have 500 miles to go in honor of Illinois’ fallen soldiers. The Gold Star 500 was started in 2017 to tell the stories of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.
This year’s tour began in Metropolis and will end on Saturday in Rockford. It raises money for scholarships in the name of their fallen loved ones. To this day they have awarded more than 250-thousand dollars…