Press release – North America

Volvo Tribute Trucks Honor Military Heroes During Memorial Day Weekend at U.S. Capital

2018-05-29

Employees at Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia unveiled the 2018 Ride for Freedom truck featuring the new VNL 760. The tractor, accompanied by a custom-designed Volvo VNR 640, led a motorcade of more than 150 motorcycles from the plant to Washington, D.C. during the annual “Run for the Wall” Ride for Freedom motorcycle rally Memorial Day weekend.

Volvo Tribute Trucks Honor Military Heroes During Memorial Day Weekend at U.S. Capital — These custom-designed Volvo VNR 640 (left) and VNL 760 (right) tribute trucks led a motorcade from the plant to Washington, D.C. during the annual Ride for Freedom, which honors the brave men and women who have served – and continue to serve – to protect America.

This year marks 27 years of NRV employee and the UAW Local 2069 Veteran Committee support of the Ride for Freedom event, now in its 31st year. The custom-designed graphics on the VNL 760 long-haul tractor honor America’s military heroes of all branches with the slogan, “All gave some, some gave all…some still give.”

This Volvo VNL 760 tractor features custom-designed graphics honoring America’s military heroes of all branches with the slogan, “All gave some, some gave all…some still give.” The tractor accompanied a motorcade of more than 150 motorcycles from Volvo’s NRV plant to Washington, D.C. during the annual “Run for the Wall” Ride for Freedom motorcycle rally Memorial Day weekend.