Iron Riders Bicycle Challenge
Join Melanin IN Motion and the Cultural Wellness Center at Historic Fort Snelling for an Iron Riders bicycle challenge. Learn about the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, an African American regiment stationed at Fort Snelling (1882-1888), and their 1,900-mile bicycle expedition from Fort Missoula to St. Louis, Missouri (1897). The bicycle tour will start and end at Historic Fort Snelling and make numerous stops in Minneapolis and St. Paul to hear stories about the early Black leaders of Minnesota, some of whom were connected with the 25th Infantry.