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The journey started about two months ago, more than a year before that with the planning.

It is a monumental goal with several objectives, and more that developed as he made his way down the road.

Gregory Maassen, a Dutch cyclist from Washington, D.C., decided to relive American history from a little less than a century ago, bring awareness and funding to a disease and along the way get a true education of America.

Maassen is a senior executive manager of large regional and complex USAID programs. He is also a Fulbright scholar and founder of Wandel Guides, LLC, a multimedia company. He is...