Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Good bye Washington DC!! What a wonderful trip...

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That's what I'm talking about!! 3 amazing leaders... My Don, Dave, and Super George....

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Air Force Memorial with our lovely nurses, Laura and Linda and veteran Mr. Robert Walker. Last stop before heading to the airport.

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Debby Storm and her dad, Mr. Klienschmidt leaving the Marine memorial....

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Mr. Cope is one of our Marine veterans and he got to lay a wreath this morning at the WWII memorial... We are now visiting the Marine memorial, as u can see! Fabulous day for our veterans.

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Hello from Don and Breanne!! We are at the Lincoln memorial... Beautiful weather!!!!

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This is our Pearl Harbor survivor, Dallas Harvey...

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Mr. James Lewis is here with some active Navy men.

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Just arrived at the Navy memorial. Mrs. Webb is here with her mother, veteran Eileen Haas...

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A mom and her son passing out roses to veterans at the WWII memorial. Mr. Edgington, veteran and his guardian angel, Stephen Hopkins are pictured here....

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4 star General Dunwoody giving a speech at the ceremony....

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Our front row guests of honor at WWII memorial!!

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WWII Memorial w General Dunwoody...

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And were off!! Good Morning followers.... Here is our ever so adorable Mrs. Day, veteran and her guardian Robbie Wetzel who has done an amazing job taking care of her.. We are headed to the WWII memorial.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Leaving the restaurant as a group of 104.... What a delicious meal!!!

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Dinners on us!! Courtney and Steve Carr that is! Getting ready for our awesome dinner at McCormick and Schmicks! Go Don for setting this fabulous dinner up.

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Ms. Haas and Ms. Webb getting ready to go to the reception at the Women's Memorial.
Got lots of great photos of the female veterans at the Women in Military Service for America memorial.
Getting ready to leave Arlington National Cemetery after touring & seeing the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

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Hello from our lady vets at the Womens Memorial plus me, Breanne who is blogging and our photographerk Matt... We have 6 lovely veteran ladies on this trip!!

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Here is one of our beautiful lady veterans, Florence Lamb, who is hanging out of the Tram window!

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Here we are at John F Kennedy's grave.

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Just arrived at Arlington.... Ms Judy Markwell is pushing her veteran Mr. Mahalick....
The vets are enjoying awesome fall colors on the drive from BWI to Arlington National Cemetery.

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Our lovely nurses for the day, Linda + Colleen.

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Mr. Gowler + Tracy taking in the rousing applause they are receiving in Baltimore.

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Ms. Lamb is greeted by a well wisher at BWI.

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Our first passengers arriving to a hearty welcome at BWI.

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Just touched down at BWI.

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We are boarding the plane and in a short 1.5 hours we'll touch down in beautiful Baltimore on the way to our first stop, Arlington National Cemetery!
On the plane in St. Louis, about to takeoff for Baltimore.

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Southwest Terminal waiting for our flight. 104 passengers thru TSA in record time.


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Arrived @ Lambert St. Louis Airport. Got a lucky break by getting to check all baggage en masse right by the bus, saving much time w/vets stuck @ ticket counter
We are heading across the Mighty Mississippi as we make our way to Lambert Airport escorted by the Lambert Police Department. What a great start!!!

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Joyce Fogelman, guardian and veteran, Harry Sileven are chatting away.... St. Louis airport here we come!

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On the buses, getting ready to pull out of the Sacred Heart Parish Center.

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2:15 a.m. And our early birds are arriving for their two day trip!