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The first honor flight took place in May 2005, when six small planes flew 12 veterans to Washington, DC. Due to high participation, the program began using commercial flights. At the end of 2005, the program had transported 137 veterans to the memorial.
The World War II Memorial didn't open until 2004 and many veterans are unable to visit Washington without assistance. Nationally, hubs in the Honor Flight network have honored over 275,000 ...
HYANNIS — Vietnam War U.S. Army veterans Arthur Devine and Ervin Russell and U.S. Air Force veteran John Baptista have — finally — begun to feel welcomed home with honor and respect after ...
Honor Flight Network is a national nonprofit that has flown more than 300,000 veterans to Washington, D.C. since its inception in 2005. Eight Cape Cod veterans took a one-day trip to Washington, D ...
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C., which honors veterans of the armed forces of the United States who were permanently disabled during the course of their national service. Congress adopted legislation establishing the memorial on October 23, 2000, authorizing the Disabled Veterans for Life ...
This is the point-of-view of a guardian on the April 27 Blue Ridge Honor Flight. It takes veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the war memorials.
President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction of the United States Capitol continue during the American Civil War.. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center of the Union war effort, which rapidly turned it from a small city into a major capital with full civic infrastructure and strong defenses.