Introducing your NOVEMBER 2016 PHOTO OF THE MONTH from volunteer Patricia — Navy Sea Cadets welcome at a departure greeting outside Terminal A!

 

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A donation to your favorite Honor Flight hub is a great way to honor the special people in your life. Honor a Veteran (or their memory) with a donation that will help other Veterans take their Honor Flight to Washington, DC in 2017! Below you will find links to the local hub websites where you can find more information about directly donating to them.

 

Honor Flight National Web Site

Alabama
– Covington Region Honor Flight (Andalusia, AL)
– Tuscaloosa Rotary Honor Flight (Tuscaloosa, AL) Hub Web Site

Alaska
– Last Frontier Honor Flight (Big Lake, AK) Hub Web Site

Arizona
– Honor Flight Northern Arizona (Prescott, AZ) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of Southern Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Hub Web Site

Arkansas
– O&A Honor Flight (Soloam Springs, AR)

California
– Central Valley Honor Flight (Fresno, CA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Bay Area Foundation (San Carlos, CA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Central Coast California, Inc.(Paso Robles) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Kern County (Bakersfield, CA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of the Inland Empire (Riverside, CA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight San Diego (San Diego, CA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Southland (Dove Canyon, CA) Hub Web Site
– North Coast Honor Flight (Eureka, CA) Hub Web Site

Colorado
– Honor Flight Northern Colorado (Ault, CO) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of Southern Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO) Hub Web Site
– Rocky Mountain Honor Flight (Denver, CO) Hub Web Site

Connecticut
– Honor Flight New England (Hooksett, NH) Hub Web Site

Delaware
– Honor Flight Philadelphia (Springfield, PA) Hub Web Site

Florida
– Collier County Honor Flight (Naples/Marco Island) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Central Florida (Orlando, FL) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of West Central Florida (St. Petersburg, FL) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight South Florida (Plantation/ Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Tallahassee (Tallahassee, Fl) Hub Web Site
– Southeast Florida Honor Flight (Stuart, FL) Hub Web Site
– Southwest Florida Honor Flight (Bradenton, FL) Hub Web Site
– Space Coast Honor Flight (Rockledge, FL) Hub Web Site
– Villages Honor Flight (Lady Lake, FL) Hub Web Site

Georgia
– Coastal Georgia Honor Flight(Saint Simons Island, Ga) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Conyers, Inc. (Conyers, GA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Savannah (Savannah, GA) Hub Web Site

Idaho
– Honor Flight of Idaho (Boise, ID) Hub Web Site

Illinois
– Great River Honor Flight (Quincy, IL) Hub Web Site
– Greater Peoria Honor Flight (Peoria, IL) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Chicago (Chicago, IL) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Quad Cities (Davenport, IA) Hub Web Site
– Lake County Honor Flight (North Chicago) Hub Web Site
– Land of Lincoln Honor Flight (Springfield, IL) Hub Web Site
– Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois (Marion, IL) Hub Web Site
– VNC Honor Flight of Northern and Western Illinois (Fox River Grove) Hub Web Site

Indiana
– Greater Lafayette Honor Flight (Lafayette, IN) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Northeast Indiana (Huntertown, IN) Hub Web Site
– Indy Honor Flight (Plainfield, IN) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of Southern Indiana, Inc. (Evansville, IN)

Iowa
– Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight (Ft. Dodge, IA)
– Central/Western Iowa Honor Flight (Council Bluffs) Hub Web Site
– Eastern Iowa Honor Flight (Cedar Rapids, IA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Quad Cities (Davenport, IA) Hub Web Site
– Sullivan Hartogh Davis Post 730 Waterloo Iowa Honor Flight (Waterloo, IA) Hub Web Site

Kansas
– Central Heights Student HF (Richmond, KS)
– Honor Flight – Wamego High School (Wamego, KS)
– Honor Flight Kansas Student Edition (Lyndon, KS) Hub Web Site
– Jackson Heights Honor Flight (Holton, KS) Hub Web Site
– Kansas Honor Flight (Hutchinson, KS) Hub Web Site
– North Central Kansas Honor Flight (Concordia, KS) Hub Web Site
– Southern Coffey County High School Honor Flight (Leroy, KS)
– Southern Lyon County Kansas Student HF (Hartford, KS)

Kentucky
– Honor Flight Bluegrass Chapter, Inc. – (Louisville, KY.) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Kentucky (Winchester, KY)

Maine
– Honor Flight Maine (Vinalhaven, ME) Hub Web Site

Massachusetts
– Honor Flight New England (Boston) Hub Web Site

Michigan
– Mid-Michigan Honor Flight (Mecosta) Hub Web Site
– Talons Out Honor Flight, Inc. ( Three Rivers, MI) Hub Web Site
– Upper Peninsula Honor Flight (Gladstone, MI) Hub Web Site

Minnesota
– Honor Flight Northland (Duluth, MN) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Twin Cities – (Roseville, MN) Hub Web Site

Mississippi
– Honor Flight Mid South (Tunica, MS) Hub Web Site

Missouri
– Central Missouri Honor Flight (Columbia, MO) Hub Web Site
– Franklin County Honor Flight (Union, MO) Hub Web Site
– Great River Honor Flight (Hannibal, MO) Hub Web Site
– Greater St. Louis Honor Flight (Chesterfield, MO) Hub Web Site
– Heartland Honor Flight (Kansas City, MO) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Network of Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of the Ozarks (Springfield, MO) Hub Web Site

Nevada
– Honor Flight Nevada (Reno, NV) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Southern Nevada (Las Vegas, NV) Hub Web Site

New Hampshire
– Honor Flight New England (Hooksett, NH) Hub Web Site

New Jersey
– Honor Flight of Southern New Jersey (Sewell, NJ) Hub Web Site

New Mexico
– Honor Flight of Northern New Mexico (Albuquerque) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Southern New Mexico & El Paso, Texas(Las Cruces, NM) Hub Web Site

New York
– Big Apple Honor Flight Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Buffalo, Inc.(Buffalo, NY) Hub Web Site
– Capital District Patriot Flight Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Long Island (Southampton, NY) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Rochester, Inc. (Rochester, NY) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Syracuse (Syracuse, NY) Hub Web Site
– Hudson Valley Honor Flight (Walden, NY) Hub Web Site
– Leatherstocking Honor Flight (Cobleskill, NY) Hub Web Site
– North Country Honor Flight (Plattsburgh, NY) Hub Web Site
– Twin Tiers Honor Flight (Brooktondale, NY) Hub Web Site

North Carolina
– Blue Ridge Honor Flight Hub Web Site

North Dakota
– WDAY Honor Flight Hub Web Site
– North Dakota Native Veterans Honor Flight (Belcourt, ND) Hub Web Site

Ohio
– Flag City Honor Flight (Findlay, OH) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Cleveland (Madison, OH) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Columbus (Columbus, OH) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Dayton (Dayton, OH) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Tri-State (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio), (Cincinnati, Ohio) Hub Web Site

Oklahoma
– O&A Honor Flight (Soloam Springs, AR)

Oregon
– Honor Flight of Eastern Oregon (Bend, OR) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of Oregon (Grants Pass, OR) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight of Portland Oregon (Portland, OR) Hub Web Site
– South Willamette Valley Honor Flight (Springfield, OR) Hub Web Site

Pennsylvania
– Honor Flight Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Pittsburgh, Inc. (West Sunbury, PA) Hub Web Site

Rhode Island
– Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs Honor Flight (Providence, RI) Hub Web Site

South Carolina
– Honor Flight Myrtle Beach (Myrtle Beach, SC) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight South Carolina (Columbia, SC) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Upstate South Carolina (Simpsonville, SC) Hub Web Site

Tennessee
– Honor Flight Northeast Tennessee (Erwin, TN)
– Honor Flight of Middle Tennessee (Tullahoma, TN)
– Screaming Eagle Honor Flight (Clarksville, TN) Hub Web Site

Texas
– Honor Flight Austin (Austin, TX) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight DFW (Dallas, TX) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Houston (Houston, TX) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight Rio Grande Valley (McAllen, TX) Hub Web Site
– Honor Flight San Antonio de Valero (San Antonio, TX) Hub Web Site
– South Plains Honor Flight (Lubbock, TX) Hub Web Site
– Texas Panhandle Honor Flight (Amarillo, TX) Hub Web Site
– Permian Basin Honor Flight (Midland, TX) Hub Web Site

Utah
– Utah Honor Flight (Richfield, UT) Hub Web Site

Vermont
– Honor Flight New England (Hooksett, NH) Hub Web Site

Virginia
– Honor Flight Historic Triangle Virginia (Williamsburg, VA) Hub Web Site
– Top of Virginia Honor Flight (Middletown, VA) Hub Web Site

Washington
– Inland Northwest Honor Flight (Spokane, WA) Hub Web Site
– Puget Sound Honor Flight (Grapeview, WA) Hub Web Site

West Virginia
– Always Free Honor Flight (Princeton, WV)
– Honor Flight Huntington (Huntington, WV) Hub Web Site

Wisconsin
– Badger Honor Flight (Madison, WI) Hub Web Site
– Freedom Honor Flight , Inc. (La Crosse, WI) Hub Web Site
– Never Forgotten Honor Flight (Wausau, WI) Hub Web Site
– Old Glory Honor Flight (Appleton, WI) Hub Web Site
– Stars & Stripes Honor Flight, Inc. (Port Washington, WI) Hub Web Site

• Thank you for your interest in helping with the placement of Remembrance Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Honor Flight is not officially affiliated with this event, but many of our volunteers overlap! ew wanted to pass out all the details we have now, but the Wreaths Across America web page will always have the the most updated details available.

• There is no other sign-up or registration required. Because there will be thousands of people there, we are not organizing a central meeting location. We encourage you to pick a section and tell those who you are meeting, to join you there. As for being able to place a wreath on a specific grave site of a friend or loved one; we expect in excess of 15,000 volunteers on the 17th and it would be impossible to “save” a particular grave site for a person to place a wreath. Our best suggestion would be for you to bring a friend or relative with you to Arlington on the 12th and arrive early so you can enter the gates starting at 8:00am when the Cemetery will be open to the Public to enter. Then have your friend or relative go directly to your friend’s or loved one’s grave site to stand by the site while you go to the closest wreath truck location to await receiving a wreath which will begin at about 9:30am.

• There is no age limit to volunteer. We encourage families to come and share the experience. Due to the potentially high number of volunteers that may be present, for safety reasons and concerns, ANC officials have advised that the gates into Arlington Cemetery and the Welcome Center Parking Garage will be opened to the public at 8:00am. Wreath placement will begin at approximately 10:00am after a brief Opening Ceremony at the McClellan Arch Gate located just off Eisenhower Drive.

 

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December 6 — come join us at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for a blood drive at the Fort Myer Gym. Make your appointment online at www.militarydonor.com using sponsor code FTMyer. Hope to see you there!

 

#HonorFlightDCA

 

Introducing your OCTOBER 2016 PHOTO OF THE MONTH from the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight arrival on 10/15/16. This DC-based guardian (in red) was able to meet his Grandfather (in navy blue), a WWII Veteran, who traveled to DC for his Honor Flight! It was so moving to watch this guardian and his wife introduce their grandpa to his brand-new, one-month-old, great-grandson (the tiny one!) as he arrived in DC!

Want to be featured next month? Hashtag your favorite Honor Flight photos on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! We will choose the NOVEMBER PHOTO OF THE MONTH on November 1 to be featured on our website and Facebook page.

Our Friends of the National WWII Memorial have alerted us to two events that we wanted to share with our volunteers! Honor Flight is not directly affiliated with these events, but we thought you may be interested!

Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Commemoration
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
12:53 p.m.

Nearly 75 years ago, Imperial Japan launched a surprise military attack on United States military installations on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The December 7, 1941 attack took the lives of 2,403 Americans and catapulted the United States into the deadliest conflict in human history.

To mark this significant date in world history, the Friends of the National World War II Memorialand the National Park Service will co-host a very special Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Commemoration on December 7th at 12:53 p.m.at the WWII Memorial.

As part of the ceremony, Pearl Harbor Survivors, World War II veterans, and other dignitaries will lay wreaths at the “Freedom Wall” of the National World War II Memorial.

Senator John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. Additionally, Senator McCain will be joined by his 104-year-old mother, Mrs. Roberta McCain, in presenting the United States of America wreath at the Memorial.

Elliott (Toby) Roosevelt III, the great-grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, will read President Roosevelt’s December 8, 1941 “Infamy Speech” and offer personal remarks on behalf of the Roosevelt family.

If you are a Pearl Harbor Survivor or World War II veteran (or if you know of one) who would like to participate in the Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary ceremony at the Memorial, please email me now!

We hope you’ll join us on December 7th at the WWII Memorial!

Click here to RSVP NOW!

 

 

Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary
Candlelight Vigil and Reading of the Names
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
5:00 p.m.

Ninety minutes after Imperial Japan began its attack on Pearl Harbor, it was over.

2,008 Navy sailors were killed and 710 others wounded; 218 Army soldiers and airmen were killed and 364 wounded; 109 Marines were killed and 69 wounded; and 68 civilians were killed and 35 wounded. In total, 2,403 Americans died and 1,178 were wounded.

On the evening of December 6th at 5 p.m., the Friends of the National World War II Memorialwill host a very special Candlelight Vigil and Reading of the Names at the WWII Memorial in honor of the 2,403 men and women killed at Pearl Harbor 75 years ago.

Over the course of three hours, the name of each of these individuals who lost their lives on that fateful day will be read and remembered at the WWII Memorial.

If you would like to Read Names on December 6th,
please REGISTER NOW!

Three happy brothers came in on three separate planes (from Texas, Texas, and Illinois) to surprise their Dad on the Old Glory Honor Flight yesterday! Beautiful occasion–and a beautiful day–for this family reunion! Do you have a photo to share? Email us <dca.honorflight@gmail.com>!

 

Effective this Saturday, American Airlines GAPs will be handed out at a podium near Sam and Harry’s pub — NOT at the old ticket counter. They are very nearby so you won’t miss us — hope to see you soon!

We have heard rumors that some Honor Flight hubs may be changing their plans over the next several days, due to Hurricane Matthew.

Please keep an eye on our 2016 Schedule page for the most updated information.

If we get updated information, it may be very last minute. We are expecting a bit of rain here in DC, but most of the travel changes will be due to flight challenges at the home airport. Please check the website before you head out to greet any Honor Flight for the next few days. If we get enough notice, we will send out an email to those who have signed up for GAPs.

We know that several groups are still 100% coming — hope to see many of you at DCA and the WWII Memorial this week!

#HonorFlightDCA

 

Introducing your SEPTEMBER 2016 PHOTO OF THE MONTH from volunteer Jenny at the American Airlines’ 500th chartered Honor Flight celebration on 9/24. The Air Force Honor Guard joined us to greet Veterans from Asheville, NC!

Want to be featured next month? Hashtag your favorite Honor Flight photos on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! We will choose the OCTOBER PHOTO OF THE MONTH on November 1 to be featured on our website and Facebook page.