A Message from Barrie Finnegan of the North County Honor Flight
May 18, 2019 crowd
This Saturday June 22nd is Honor Flight #28. The send-off ceremony starts at 7am sharp, by then all the Veterans have been brought to the Veterans Park on the US Oval by police and motorcycle escort.
The crowd at the last send-off on May 18th was the largest ever, we hope to continue to to grow to show support for our Veterans from WWII, Korea and Vietnam. This is a once in a lifetime trip for our Veterans, manyconsider it the best day of their life. Each person that comes adds to that experience, we strongly encourage people to come support our nations heroes. All portions of the day are free and very family friendly.
After the ceremony the Veterans are escorted to the Plattsburgh International Airport by law enforcement and motorcycle escorts. Along the way our North Country Fire Departments salute the Veterans with an awesome display on New York Avenue and at the Airport.
Honor Flight #28 will return home at approximately 8:30 pm, everyone is welcome back at the airport to welcome them home.
This flight is being sponsored by the seventh graders from Beekmantown Middle School. Their “North Country Honor Run” raised enough to pay the $12,000. sponsor fee and then some. Their slogan was “ We run so they can fly” certainly had great support from everyone in the North Country. Congratulations to all the students and staff for such a successful event by a group of fine young Americans.
Posted: June 18th, 2019 under Northern NY News, Veterans' News.