Aging veterans to get chance to see D.C. memorials

There are stunning memorials in Washington, D.C., honoring World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans. The pity, however, is that while tens of thousands of tourists flock to see them on the National Mall every year, few of the visitors are veterans of those wars themselves.

A relatively new nonprofit organization called Honor Flight is out to change that. It’s a simple concept. The organization, which was founded in Ohio in 2005 and has now spread to 100 locations throughout the U.S., arranges flights to Washington for the vets, organizes a group of volunteer “guardians” to accompany them, and transports them to each of the memorials all in one day.

Through 2009, more than 35,000 veterans of our nation’s wars have been transported to Washington to see the monuments built in their honor.

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