Newtown's Team 26 Sets Off on 600 Mile Trek

NEWTOWN, CT — The 26 cyclists of Team 26 take off for Pittsburgh Friday morning, on their annual interstate odyssey to draw attention to gun violence and advocate for stronger gun control laws.

The 26 participants are representative of the 26 children and educators who lost their lives in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.

This year the group is focusing on communities of faith, riding with "Charleston, Christchurch, Sutherland Springs, and Oak Creek in our hearts. An attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths," according to their website.

The trek will cover 600 miles through six states, stopping along the way for rallies. The cyclists will ride first to Baltimore, stopping in Peekskill, NY, Morristown and Trenton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA and Newark, DE. Then for the first time, they will head west through Gettysburg and Chambersburg Pennsylvania and by the Flight 93 National Memorial before ending near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Supporters of the group will begin gathering between 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 26, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown.

2019 Schedule of Events

April 26 – Newtown, CT to Morristown, NJ – 107 miles

• Trinity Episcopal Church Service, 36 Main Street, Newtown, CT, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. (Facebook Event, Location)
• Ridgefield Bicycle Company Meet & Greet, 88 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield, CT, 10 - 10:30 a.m. (Location)
• Peekskill Middle School, 212 Ringgold St, Peekskill, NY, 12:00 -1:00 p.m. (Location)
• Morristown, NJ rally, Town Hall, 200 South Street, Morristown, NJ 5:00 p.m. (Flyer, Location)

April 27 – Morristown, NJ to King of Prussia, PA – 123 miles

• Morristown, Send-Off at Town Hall, 200 South Street, Morristown, NJ 7:45 a.m. (Location)
• Trenton, NJ Rally, City Hall, 319 E. State Street, Trenton, NJ 11:30 am - 1:00 p.m. (Flyer, Location)
• Philadelphia Rally, Temple University Louis Katz School of Medicine, 3500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA , 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Flyer, Location)
• Abington Friends School, Tribute to Team 26’s David Hoyle, 575 Washington Ln, Jenkintown, PA, 4:45- 6:00 p.m. (Location)

April 28 – King of Prussia, PA to Baltimore, MD – 108 miles

• St. Paul's Baptist Church, Meet & Greet in tribute to Bianca Roberson, 1 Hagerty Blvd, West Chester, PA, 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. (Location, About Bianca)
• University of Delaware Rally, Harker Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory, 221 Academy St, Newark, DE, 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. (Location)
• Baltimore City Hall Press Conference, 100 Holliday St, Baltimore, MD 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Location)

April 29 – Baltimore, MD – Rest Day / Community Service

April 30 - Baltimore, MD to Chambersburg, PA – 93 miles

• Gettysburg Rally, Seminary Ridge Museum Peace Portico, 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 2:00 -3:00 p.m. (Flyer, Location)

May 1 – Chambersburg, PA to Somerset, PA – 126 miles

• Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, PA

May 2 – Somerset, PA to Pittsburgh, PA – 68 miles

• Tree of Life Synagogue Stop, 2:45 pm
• Pittsburgh Rally, Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 3:00 - 4:00 pm (Flyer, Location)