"Honor Flight" Welcome Home Rally for WWII Vets Returning from DC (Host: BAHF)

https://youtu.be/SkolgJ25HUY

This event is free. Must register on Eventbrite. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-apple-honor-flight-welcome-home-rally-tickets-32876037112) Please invite your family & friends. Thank you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-apple-honor-flight-welcome-home-rally-tickets-32876037112

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NOTE: Before departing for this event, please check for changes on eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-apple-honor-flight-welcome-home-rally-tickets-32876037112) , on their BAHF website (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-apple-honor-flight-welcome-home-rally-tickets-32876037112), or on their facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/events/716381135185363). Thank you. http://bigapplehonorflight.com/missions/ (http://bigapplehonorflight.com/missions/__________)

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Interested in giving back to our Veterans? The Inaugural Big Apple Honor Flight is recruiting volunteers to bring flags, signs and cheer on 75 NYC WWII Veterans as we welcome them home from their Honor Flight on Saturday, April 29th.

Click here to see a prior Honor Flight Welcome-Home Reception in Columbus, GA for 82 WW2 Veterans. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkolgJ25HUY)

Big Apple Honor Flight (BAHF) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to fly veterans from NYC to DC to honor them for all their sacrifices. We transport these heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorials at no cost to them.

We are a local chapter of the National Honor Flight Network (which consists of over 130 independent nonprofit “hubs” across America).

Big Apple Honor Flight will have our Inaugural Flight out of JFK International Airport on April 29, 2017. BAHF serves all five boroughs of NYC flying veterans from the following counties: Kings, Queens, New York, Richmond, & Bronx. Veterans from surrounding counties will be considered as well.

Top priority is given to those of the “Greatest Generation”, that of World War II, and terminally ill veterans from other wars on a first-come-first-served basis. We plan to take ALL veterans from other wars on future flights. Applications will be kept on file.

Currently, over 430 World War II veterans die everyday, our time to express our thanks to these brave men and women is running out.

Can we count on you to help us welcome home Veterans on our Inaugural Big Apple Honor Flight? If so, RSVP and share this event with your friends! We look forward to working with you to assemble the largest welcome home reception in Honor Flight history!'

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