(KNZA)--The roar of motorcycles will fill the air Friday as the American Legion Riders’ 4th Annual Kansas Legacy Run will make several local stops.

The more than 50 riders are to make stops in Holton, Hiawatha, Atchison and Leavenworth.

The more than 800-mile Run departs Thursday from Hutchinson and will end Sunday in Derby.

Robert Sines, public relations officer with Homer White American Legion Post 66 in Hiawatha, says the purpose of the run is to raise awareness and support for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund.  The Fund supports children whose parents lost their lives or became 50 percent disable while on military duty since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

The goal is to raise $20 million, with over $7 million raised to date toward the goal.

The riders are to depart from Topeka Friday morning at 8:00 and will stop in  in Holton around 8:45 for a wreath laying at the Purple Heart Memorial in Linscott Park.  Residents are invited to the park to show their support for the riders and veterans.

The riders will then travel to Hiawatha, arriving around 10:00, where they will lay wreaths at the community’s two cemeteries before going to the Fisher Center for a meet-and-greet.

Hiawatha Mayor Dr. Steffen Shamburg signed a proclamation at Monday’s City Commission meeting proclaiming Friday as American Legion Legacy Scholarship Run Support Day.  The proclamation urges residents to support the Run by saluting, applauding and/or waving the flag as the riders pass through Hiawatha.

After stopping in Hiawatha,  the riders will travel to Atchison’s Veterans Memorial at Riverfront Park for a wreath laying around 11:30.  After eating lunch, the riders will then head to Fort Leavenworth for a wreath laying around 1:30.