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Stan Cass will live on … in gold. Cass, who died in Greeley two years ago, was greatly honored at West Point this week in a Ring Melt Ceremony. As an influential member of Greeley and Weld County, Cass was a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, a graduate of West Point, a Vietnam War veteran and was the founder of the Honor Flight Northern Colorado, a group that flies veterans to Washington, D.C., every six months to see the war memorials. And it is because of his achievements that his family was at West Point this week for the...

Stars and Stripes Honor Flight 10th anniversary flight from Milwaukee Last flight for 2018 season

Honor Flight is an organization that pays for and coordinates the visits of WWII veterans to the memorial built in their honor in Washington D.C.

Did You Catch the Ironic Part in Obama’s Veterans Day Speech? Nov. 11, 2013 3:14pm Fred Lucas President Barack Obama on Monday heralded one of the oldest living veterans in America, even talking about his trip to the nation’s capital this year as part of the Honor Flight program. Did You Catch the Ironic Part in Obamas Veterans Day Speech? President Barack Obama placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. (Getty Images/Mark Wilson) That would be the same Honor Flight program that brought veterans to Washington, D.C., last month who entered the World War...

Time to Back Up World War II Vets as They Continue to Storm ‘Obama Beach’ First Honor Guard Shift: Wed., October 16 to Sunday, October 20 Every Day, Dawn till Dusk (you pick the day(s) you can serve) World War II Memorial, Washington D.C. (and other D.C. area war memorials, if we have enough volunteers) To Volunteer, RSVP by posting a comment to this article, giving us at least your first name, and telling us what day(s) and times you can be there, at the WWII memorial. See below for more details. In yet another intolerable act, the Obama Administration...

From Twitter: @stephenfhayes .... "For those wanting background on group that brings WWII vets to DC, it's #HonorFlight & my brother did a film on it." [www.honorflightthemovie.com]

WASHINGTON — Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation’s capital. The four bus loads of veterans — visiting from Mississippi as part of a once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight tour — ignored National Park Police instructions not to enter the site as lawmakers and tourists cheered them on. “We didn’t come this far not to get in,” one veteran proclaimed. The scene was both emotional and comical at once. After it was clear they had lost control of the...

At the WWII Memorial on the National Mall: No sign of folks leaving. The vets have control of the memorial. #shutdown pic.twitter.com/eGj4kmFEiP — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 So, the WWII memorial is open today... Park police letting everyone by right now. #shutdown — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 No attempt to stop any WWII visitors right now. Maybe after the congressmen leave ... #shutdown pic.twitter.com/SZmxBfh2cr — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 As noted in the last post, Congressman Steve King "distracted" the Capitol Park Police while the veterans, per their training, rushed over...

'Honor is a hard term to describe. It doesn’t have a color or weight or shape. If someone were to ask me what honor looked like, I’d probably struggle with what to say. But something happened on May 23, 2012 at 9:31 a.m. at Gate 38 of Reagan National Airport that might change that. A flash mob of sorts broke out. But not like you’ve seen on YouTube with highly choreographed dance numbers or people singing a song in unison. In fact, virtually all of the participants of this “flash mob” didn’t know they would be participating until moments before...

Help spread this important message: This story is incredible. Send this touching two-minute video about World War II veterans to FIVE friends and family to remind them that every day alive in this great, free country is truly a bonus. Let’s get 50,000 views for the video by Memorial Day (May 30th) to show these living heroes, one last time, just how grateful we are for their unbelievable sacrifice. The video is a trailer to a documentary that will come out in November. The more we can show interest in the trailer (i.e. views), the more Americans will get to...

COLUMBIA - Chester Williamson, a World War II veteran, was honored today by Columbia's Honor Flight group today. Williamson, now 87-years-old, liberated two concentrations camps during World War II. Today, his health is deteriorating and he is unable to fly, so members of the community brought Honor Flight to him. The honor group of motorcycle riders came to Williamson's nursing home just like they would for the Honor Flights. Williamson's family said that it was very meaningful and important to him. "He had no idea this was coming. It means the world to him," Joan Burke, his daughter, said. Both...

In "Rendezvous With Destiny," a multimedia presentation by World-Herald photographers Peter Soby, James R. Burnett and Kent Sievers, you can join a group of Midlands veterans on a special visit to Washington, D.C., and then witness personal stories of war, loss and triumph.

FReeper Wheelbarrow(Bronze Star recipient) - part of Akron's First Honor Flight - for WW2 Vets - Sept 8, 2007Freeper Social in Grand Island NY : AFPhys; The Mayor, Wheelbarrow, NYTexan Wheelbarrow has been a FReeper for a few years. He lurks alot & has participated in many FReeps in Ohio, was active in the 04 national election & rallies & went to DC in 2005 for several events in FReeperdom. He is 82 & was part of the European Theater in WW2. He received a bronze star for the efforts in the war. Honor Flight i s a marvelous...