Pentagon Still Blocking Permit for Annual Veteran Gathering The Department of Defense is continuing to withhold a parking permit from the annual Memorial Day veteran motorcycle rally, according to Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) “The Biden Administration is the only thing stopping this Memorial Day tradition from happening,” Mast wrote on Twitter on May 3. “It’s sad that it is easier to cross the border illegally than it is to get a permit to pay our respects to our nation’s fallen heroes.” The Pentagon had approved a permit for Rolling to Remember on March 11 but revoked it a week later citing an administrative error, according to a letter Mast send to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last month. At the time, nine local, state, and federal agencies had already approved Memorial Day permits.