My 89 year old Father is leaving this morning to fly to Washington, DC on the Flight of Honor with 104 fellow World War II Veterans. It is sponsored by our local Rotary Club. They will tour the WW II Memorial, The Korean and Vietnam Memorials, the Navy Yard, the Iwo Jima Memorial and the Air Force Memorial.
It will be a day to remember for these WW II Vets. They range in age from 82 to 96. I am so proud of my Dad and all these men who served during the war to protect the freedom that we have today in this county.
I pray that they will have a wonderful and safe trip and that it will be very memorable for all of them. More pictures to come.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
He looks great!! WOW....to be that ABLE at his age is my prayer! I know this means the world to him. My FIL is 83. He is a veteran also. Did I see this on the news yesterday?
ReplyDeleteThat gives me chills! What a great way to honor the veterans. We have a veteran here who took that trip a couple of years ago with his son. We are studying WWII with our 1st to 5th grade boys in our homeschool Boys Club this year. I'll be sure we talk about this in our upcoming meeting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful honor ... and well deserved. Blessings to your Dad and all those who have served our country to keep us safe.
ReplyDeleteHow special!! I pray they will have a safe trip!
ReplyDelete~Beth
Congratulations to your sweet Daddy! I'M proud of him and so thankful for his unselfish service. I hope he has an amazing trip!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
~Mary
God Bless your Dad! I know you are proud of him!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Donna
Prayers said that your father and the other Military Vets will have a wonderful and safe trip..both to, during and from their trip to Washington, DC.. Your father and the other Vets are those people for us all to be so very proud of indeed!!
ReplyDeleteWe are also so proud of my husband's father who served in WWII.. He passed away a couple years ago. We are also very proud of our youngest son who is now serving the last year of his 6 years duty with the United States Air Force.. Very proud of each and everyone of them, that's for sure!!
Anxious to see more of your pictures! Your father is one very handsome man!
Blessings,
~Lynn
What a blessing! I hope his trip is safe and very memorable! Hugs
ReplyDeleteMelinda, your Dad looks so cute in that picture!! What a lovely thing the Rotary Club is sponsoring!! I hope he has a wonderful time!!
ReplyDeleteGod bless!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you posted a photo of him - I was thinking about this trip just the other day. Our family is so thankful to all that serve our country and make it a safe and free nation.
ReplyDeleteAwwww, I'm proud of your dad, too! How wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful trip for him. You should be incredibly proud! Thank your father for us for all he has done to ensure our freedoms!
ReplyDeleteOh please extend my gratitude to your dad, for his service! Please tell him thank you for standing for our country. :o)
ReplyDeleteOh we have that in Knoxville, TN. It's called Honor Air and is the best thing ever. Who gets to go with your dad?? Our vets take a family member or friend with them. Everyone goes to the airport to greet them with flags flying and eyes tearing. xoxo
ReplyDeleteP.S. Maybe you can post pics!!
This is so neat...I'm hoping that your dad has a wonderful trip. We had a group from my area that went up last month...I'm so happy that these men are getting to go on this trip...how special.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Linda
What a wonderful honor for your dad. That is a great picture. I'm sure he is going to have an awesome time.
ReplyDeleteThat is great. I know they will have such a good time. We thank him for serving our country.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be there and see all these veterans getting to experience the monuments together. Hope he had a wonderful trip!
ReplyDeleteps-sorry I missed you on fb-I went to the dentist and left it on.
How wonderful! We are so thankful for his service!
ReplyDeleteGod bless your Father, and all those traveling with him. We both love that program, every time I see a story on a veteran, or a group of veterans, making the trip I get weepy. My father was WWII Navy, and never saw the Memorial. I wish he had.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing a picture of yur Dad too!
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Your dad is precious!
ReplyDeleteI am so thankful the Rotary Club sponsored this special event for these very deserving men.
I saw your pictures on FB and was so thrilled to see that all went well.
Now this is a great story! I hope there's a write-up in the local newspaper??
I know you and your family are very proud!
What a special opportunity for your father. I live in D.C., and love seeing all of the veterans at the memorials. You can tell that it's a powerful experience for them. (I think the WWII memorial is particularly impressive.) I hope he has a wonderful time, and please thank him for his commitment to this country!
ReplyDeleteGlad you Dad was able to experience this event. We owe so much to our Vets. My Dad was a Marine and was in Guadacanal during WW II. And thanks so much for commenting about making my apple cake. It makes me feel good when other bloggers make my recipes and they turn out well. Have a great day Melinda.
ReplyDeleteI know you are proud of your dad. I watched on WXII-TV as several of the groups of Vets took this trip. It was so moving listening to their stories as they waited for their flights to leave.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Marie
What an honor. It's really touching. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of his trip.
ReplyDelete(p.s. I'm having a cookbook giveaway at my blog if you're interested.)
Congratulations to your Father and to all of the vets who gave up so much to secure our freedoms. God Bless them all.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Erin
My dad was 55 when I was born and he died when he was 80 back in 1996. he served during WWII and he would have loved to have gone to DC to see the WWII Memorial.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been around lately because there was some not so good stuff going on (say an extra prayer for me), but I'm back to blogging again. :)