Honor Flight Comes To Philly — The inaugural trip by Honor Flight Philadelphia begins Friday, Nov. 11 and is for Vietnam veterans. It will be in partnership with History, formerly known as The History Channel.
The bus for Washington D.C. leaves the early morning from the parking lot of Hope Methodist Church, Steel and Eagle roads, Havertown.
There will be 33 Vietnam veterans and 11 guardians on it. It returns between 4:30 and 5 the next afternoon.
History is planning on featuring the event in a broadcast.
Honor Flight, founded in 2005, transports veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit those memorials dedicated to honor their service and sacrifices. It is free of cost to the veterans.
Unless there is a special partner such as History, eligibility is restricted to World War II and terminally ill veterans.
Honor Flight Philadelphia became the organization’s 109th hub in September.