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On Monday, June 8, Kevin Whalen (center), who lives in Centreville's Walney Glen community, presented a Police Unity Tour plaque to Centreville Glory Days manager Mark Huddleston and owner Jeff Newman, to recognize their support in raising more than $2,000 for the Police Unity Tour. Glory Days has been a major sponsor of Police Unity Tour rider Whalen since 2008, hosting fundraising events at the Centreville restaurant and the lunch break rest stop on May 12 for 100 of the riders in the Virginia chapter on their way to D.C. Glory Days was part of the total national donation of $1.997 million raised by 1,800 police bicycle riders who rode May 9-12 in honor of fallen officers who died in the line of duty. 119 were lost In 2014. Whalen rode this year for Norfolk, Va. police officer Brian Williams, killed on May 30, 2014.