Be Sure to Drive the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway This Week
“American Pie” the song by Don McLean was an absolute reference to the day the music died, the night of February 3rd, 1959; that was the night Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens died tragically in a plane crash a few miles from their departure, Clear Lake, IA. One of those that perished that night, Ritchie Valens will receive one of DOT’s highest honors this August 25th as […]