The Second Annual Lion Ride: Sat., Sept. 28

Our second annual Lion Ride is back on Sat., Sept. 28. The Lion Ride is a signature event of our east of the river outreach program.

The ride will start and end in Anacostia Park along Anacostia Drive and the Riverwalk Trail path (an exact start location is still to be determined, but if you sign up, we’ll email you to let you know where it is). It’s a slow, parade-paced jaunt along the trail that will wind its way through Anacostia, past the Frederick Douglass house. The ride will end in Anacostia Park. It’s about six miles and will conclude at 3:30 p.m. Youth are welcome with adult supervision! Free bike rentals will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. One of the goals of our targeted outreach is to get more east of the river residents on bikes, so if you know someone who might want to ride but doesn’t have a bike, encourage them to join us! The Lion Ride honors civil rights advocate Frederick Douglass—known as the “lion of Anacostia”—for his contributions to the community. In addition to helping found Howard University and serving as marshal of the District, Douglass spent the last 18 years of his life living in Anacostia. Would you like to volunteer for the Lion Ride? We need a few friendly faces to help us make it happen. If you can volunteer to help set up and check out bicycles, please sign up here to volunteer. We’ll also need a few ride marshals to help lead the ride and make sure every stays safe. To marshal, please sign up here. After the Lion Ride, all participants are encouraged to visit the Art of Bicycling, WABA’s project at the FIGMENT DC participatory arts festival.