Annual Conventions

Is your Chapter or Association interested in hosting our Annual Convention? Here is a link to our Procedure Manual For Hosting Of Annual Convention. This will tell you the requirements for hosting. You may also download the Annual Convention Hosting Application for upcoming conventions.  Go to the downloads page for the Annual Convention Manual or Annual Convention Hosting Application.

Advertising Rates for Convention Booklet

This year we are celebrating our 30th anniversary at our annual convention which is being held in Gettysburg, PA August 16th through the 19th. We are currently seeking sponsors for our annual convention. Sponsorships can be made in any of the following ways Convention booklet Ad, Commemorative mug imprint, or Silent auction donations. Information on pricing for book ads and mug sponsorships have been included below your convenience.  Space on the mug is limited so we ask that you call to reserve your spot. In addition to the convention book being distributed at the convention it will be made available online to our entire membership worldwide.

We appreciate support you can provide to help make this year’s convention memorable.

Mug Sponsorship

1 line of text 25 characters including spaces and punctuation $100.00

Convention Book Ad

All ads can be submitted in PDF, Corel, Word, or Jpeg. Other formats may be acceptable with prior notice. Prices above are for black and white except inside cover and back page.

Payment and camera ready artwork can be sent to Red Knights PA 12 710 Church Road

Quakertown Pa 18951.Ads can be submitted electronically to  info@redknightspa12.org

Thank you for your Support.

To download the above application for advertisement, please click on this Link

Convnention Booklet Advertising Form

Booking information for the Convention Hotel is listed at the bottom of this page...

Future Convention Locations:

2012

Gettysburg, PA

2013

Rutland, Vermont

2014

Prince Edward Island

Past Conventions

Ocean City, Maryland - 2011

Niagara Falls, New York - 2010

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 2009

Sandusky, Ohio - 2008

Worcester, Massachusetts - 2007

New York, New York - 2006

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 2005

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - 2004

Laval, Quebec, Canada - 2003

Warwick, Rhode Island - 2002

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 2001

Indianapolis, Indiana - 2000

Daytona Beach, Florida - 1999

Hello fellow Red knights,

    I would like to invite all of you to come visit us at the Red Knights International Convention August 16-19 2012 in Historic  Gettysburg, Pa. 

The area is loaded with so many things to do, with history from the civil war era, museums, a brand new visitor center with a new cyclorama a must see.  We will be having motorcycle guided tours of the battlefield with a licensed battlefield guide, who himself has family ties to the battlefield. These will be 3 hour tours we will have multiple times set up on Thursday and Friday and the cost will be $8 per person. The town of Gettysburg is loaded with shops, museums and historic buildings for you to visit.  Just to the north is Harrisburg,Pa. home to the National civil war museum, and the Pa. National Fire museum.

    The area surrounding Gettysburg is full of nice roads to ride, you are in apple country and can ride up thru the orchards and a national forest.  We will have self guided tours set up to help you find some of the nicest roads around.  We will also have a Red Knight exclusive tour of the Harley plant in York,Pa. available to the first 144 people who sign up.  A highlight of the weekend will be a trip to the National Fallen Firefighter memorial in Emmittsburg,Md. We will be having a ceremony there at the memorial and a dinner at the academy to follow, cost of dinner will be $10 per person. We are still working on a few surprises for you, you will have to come to see what they are.  We have reserved section 30 at the fire academy in the walk of honor if you or your chapter want  to buy a brick it will be placed by the time we arrive. Cost of the brick is $100 and the form to order this will be posted along with the registration form in the very near future, if you want  a brick yourself or your chapter wants one make sure you have your order in by FEBURARY 29 2012, after that date there is no promise that your brick will be placed for you to see when you get there.  So make plans now to come to Gettysburg and the International convention in 2012.

   If you have any questions feel free to contact Brian Sames President Pa.12 @ bdsames@comcast.net or 267-718-6830. Our club website will also have details on it we have a short video up now @ www.redknightspa12.org   Keep checking back the registration form will be available soon.  Hope to see you all next year.  Ride safe.

Daily Itinerary:

Wednesday Night:

Registration Eisenhower II      5-7pm longer if needed

Thursday:

Registration Eisenhower II     7am-6pm

Battlefield tours:

Tour 1  8:30-11:30   

Tour 2   9- noon    

Tour 3  12:30-3:30   

Tour 4   1-4  There will be 25 bikes per tour.  Cost $5 per person

Harley plant tour: 

There will be 3 tours,

Tour 1    8:30am 54 people,  

Tour 2  10:30am 54 people,

Tour 3  12:30pm  36 people.  T

This is free but will be a first come first serve, when registration form comes out you will be able to sign up then.  If you would like to do the tour register early. 

BBQ:   6pm   

At the allstar complex located right across the parking lot from the hotel there will be a wide variety of food here.

Hospitailty room: 8-10:30 in hotel, silent auction will be here also.

Self guided tours available all day.

Friday:

  Registration Eisenhower II  7am till noon.  Due to the group going to the National Fallen Firefighter memorial that afternoon you will need to be registered by noon.

Battlefield tours:

Tour 1  8:30-11:30   

Tour 2  9- noon.  $5 per person, 25 bikes per tour

Ride to Firefighter memorial:

(special instructions for NON-USA members to visit the Fire Academy.  You must fill out the Homeland Security form.  Click Here for Form )

    This ride will leave at 1pm SHARP.  It will be a 40 mile police escorted ride and will end up at the National Fire academy.   Once there we will have the ceremony which will run approx. 45 minutes. After that we will split the group due to size,  this will make it easier for everyone to eat and visit the gift shops. The academy personel will be giving behind the scenes tours of the academy and will rotate the groups thru dinner and gift shops, this will help things to go more smoothly.  They will have a very nice dinner in the cafeteria for us. Cost will be $10 per person.

    There will be a photographer available to take pictures of you or your chapter in front of the memorial, this is the same one who takes the academy pictures and the bottom of your picture will contain the emblems of the memorial and the academy. This will be a separate cost.

Hospitality room:  

 8-10:30pm     In hotel, chapters will also be able to set up there things to sell at this time. There will also be a silent auction here.

Saturday:

Registration  Eisenhower II  7-8am

Business meeting   8- noon

Self guided tours available all day

Hospitality room:  

Following business meeting   noon -2pm,  There will be a silent auction and a 50/50 going on, we will draw the winner after 2 and the winners can pick up there items between 4-5pm.

   Chapters can also sell there items in this room following the business meeting.

Saturday night dinner:

cocktails  4:30

Dinner  5:30-7:30

Awards 7:30-8:30  entertainment to follow

Sunday:

Farewell breakfast:

6-10  This will be a very nice breakfast plenty to eat.

As of now these are the times we have set, as we get closer we reserve the right to change them to make things go smooth for you. The diner menus will be available for you to view on our chapter website in the very near future. www.redknightspa12.org

Looking  forward  to seeing you at the Red Knights International convention in Gettysburg, Pa. August 16-19 2012.

As of 4/15/2012 all United States applicants

have to follow new

Department of Homeland Security requirements for US citizens to enter the Fire Academy. 

If you live in the US and you filled out a registration prior to 4/17/2012, please contact PA 12.  You can call 215-538-1238.  This is a private number and it is secure.  Please leave your Name(s) and your Social Security number(s) and your Place(s) of Birth on the answering machine.  There will not be a call back from this number.

Or, you can send the same information in an email to info@redknightspa12.org

Follow this Link to download the latest

2012 Annual Convention Registration Form

Members from outside the US must provide your Passport number and this information is included on your passport.  You must fill out the addition form mentioned in the text box below below this one.

If you wish to fill this out and save a copy for your records, you must use

Nitro PDF Reader.  It is a free program.  Acrobat reader will not allow you to save

this filled in file on your computer. 

Fill out the form, print it and mail it in with your payment as soon as you can. 

All funds in US dollars please.

This is the additional Form that must be filled out by members who live outside the United States

The National Fire Academy and National Fallen Firefighter Memorial is on property protected by Homeland Security. Foreign citizens that wish to visit the memorial either own their own or as part of our ride must complete the additional security form and and have it returned to us not later then July 14th so that security clearances can be obtained.

Click Here for Form

All registrations must be paid in U.S. funds. Any payments in NON-US funds will not be accepted because of exchange rate and fee issues. If you are unable to arrange US funds Please contact us for alternatives. Info@redknightspa12.org

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Provided by PA 12, the Best of the Best

This is a link to the Eisenhower Hotel.  This is the home base for the 2012 convention and you must make reservations on your own.  The reservations and hotel cost are not part of the Convention Registration fees.  Contact the hotel as soon as you can t make sure that you mention you are a Red Knights Motorcycle Club member to get the special room rate.

Eisenhower Hotels, Conference Center & Resort
2634 Emmitsburg Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-334-8121
Email: generalmanager@eisenhower.com

Just click on this logo and you will be taken to the Eisenhower web site.

From Harrisburg: 15 South to Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn right off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From Washington DC (Frederick): 270 to 15 North to Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn left off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From Philadelphia: PA Turnpike West to exit 236 (Gettysburg Exit). 15 South to Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn right off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From Pittsburgh: PA Turnpike East to exit 201 (Blue Mt Exit). 997 South to 30 East. Will come to circle in Gettysburg. Bear to the right and take business 15 South. we are located 5 miles south of town on the left.

From Lancaster (York): 30 West to 15 South. Take Steinwehr exit. Right off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 mile on the right.

From Baltimore (Westminster): 695 to 795 to 140 West to 15 North. Take Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn left off ramp onto business 15 north. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From New York City: 80 West to 81 South to 83 South to 581 West to 15 South. Take Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn right off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From Hagerstown: 81 North to Waynesboro exit. 16 East to 15 North to Steinwehr Avenue Exit. Turn left off ramp onto business 15 North. We are located 3 miles on the right.

From Harrisburg Airport: Follow Directions from Phildelphia.

From BWI Airport: Follow Directions from Baltimore.

From Dulles Airport: Follow Directions from Washington DC.