Motorcycle Club in the late 1960's. It was decided by the founding fathers
in 1969 to change the "Iron Horsemen" into the Freedom Riders. The Shield,
Eagle with inset Liberty Bell, the embroidered "Freedom Riders" across the
top, "M. C." at the bottom of each eagle wing, and "Montgomery County, PA"
across the bottom was then adopted. This is our club insignia to this day.
In the year 1999, It was proposed and voted upon to add the "Est. 1970"
rocker at the bottom of the shield. This was brought about by the
discovery of another Freedom Rider motorcycle club in our local area that
we wanted to distinguish our club from. While it is true that the Freedom
Riders MC was started in 1969 (which almost made it on the rocker!) It was
decided that our official charter with the American Motorcyclist
Association (AMA) was established in 1970, and that was the official year
Freedom Riders MC would use. The older members of the club have the one
piece shield with the rocker added. The new club insignia are now one
piece with the rocker being part of the main shield.
The clubhouse was purchased shortly after the club joined the AMA. The
structure is an old creamery located along the Perkiomen Railroad. The
Perkiomen Railroad is mostly now a hiking and biking trail that stretches
from Philadelphia through skippack. It is long standing rumour that this
Trail will some day go right past our clubhouse, although it has not gone
that far yet. For more information on this trail, visit:
http://www.montcopa.org/parks/schuylkillrivertrail.htm. The club house sits
on over an acre of property in Red Hill, Montgomery County, PA. We have
many parties, rides, Bonfires, and our weekly meetings are held at the club house
weather permitting (Snow/Ice).