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Yelling Boys Motorcycle Club (MC)

The Yelling Boys Motorcycle Club is based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Organized in 2009, the club operates a "private members, supporters, and invited guest only" clubhouse just outside Mount Holly, North Carolina. The club is comprised of law abiding, like minded men who love riding motorcycles within a MC culture. The Yelling Boys Motorcycle club is what is considered a "family club" and no member considers themselves members of the 1% motorcycle community. However, in keeping with motorcycle club norms, the Yelling Boys Motorcycle Club has been given approval by the dominant local 1% motorcycle club. Aside from the occasional social gathering in MC circles, there is no other affiliation or connection. The Yelling Boys is also a benevolent organization, volunteering and donating goods, services and time to local charities.

The Yelling Boys Motorcycle Club is named after the "Over Mountain Men" whom General Cornwallis called out during the Revolutionary War. The Overmountain Men were those men who lived against the Crown's wishes in the mountain areas controlled by indigenous indians to the west in what is now western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. These men were accustom to using accurate long rifles and living off the land. They were a different breed of men than those who lived in the eastern colonial regions of whom General Cornwallis was accustom. The Over Mountain Men and their families moved west to be free from the rule of the Crown. However, as a result of General Cornwallis' threat, these men joined together and marched an army to what is Kings Mountain, North Carolina where they were out numbered by the British. Despite the British possessing the high ground, the Over Mountain Men soundly defeated the British Army along with their Tory militia. The Over Mountain Men were given the nickname "Yelling Boys" because of their use of psychological warfare by screaming and yelping when charging into battle; something they had learned from their Indian advisories back home.

The Yelling Boys Motorcycle club borrows symbolism from the MC community. The numbers 252 stand for the 25th letter of the alphabet "Y" and the 2nd letter of the alphabet respectively. A patch that reads YBFFYB is sewn on the front of the Yelling Boys MC cut (vest). This stands for "Yelling Boys Forever, Forever Yelling Boys". This is a common practice in MC culture. The "distressed" Revolutionary War flag stands for the distress of the Over Mountain Men under the tyranny of the Crown.