Riders head down Desplaines Avenue in North Riverside during the June 9 Wounded Warriors Ride, accompanied by a police escort and saluted by flag-waving spectators.
Riders bike together on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Pedestrians wave to riders on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kids wave to riders on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kids wave to riders on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Police drive down the road on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kids wave to riders on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Riders make their way southbound on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Riders wave to kids waving flags from outside the village commons on Thursday, June 9, 2022, during the Wounded Warriors ride on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer