21 April - Southern Colorado Honor Flight Sendoff

The Colorado Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand a Flag Line for the Southern Colorado Honor Flight sendoff on Thursday, 21-April, 8:00AM, from Mt. Carmel Veteran's Service Center, 530 Communication Cir, Colorado Springs, CO 80905.

The Honor Flight of Southern Colorado is a part of the National Honor Flight Network. The Honor Flight Network was formed in 2005 by Jeff Miller and Earl Morse with a mission of honoring our nation’s veterans by bringing them to Washington, DC to visit the memorials and monuments dedicated to their service and sacrifice. While originally focused on honoring our nation’s World War II veterans, the Honor Flight Network now also honors those who served in the Korean War, Vietnam War, intermediary operations, and in special cases of terminal illness or injury, veterans from more recent service eras. Since its formation in 2005, the Honor Flight Network has taken more than 245,000 veterans to Washington D.C. Today, the Honor Flight Network is currently comprised of over 128 hubs throughout the country dedicated to carrying out the Honor Flight mission and the Network, as a whole, serves over 22,000 veterans each year.

Due to the pandemic, the Honor Flight has been unable to complete its mission over the past 2 years, but is now able to resume operations. The PGR has been a strong support of the Honor Flights in the past. 28 Veterans from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam will be going on this trip.

7:00AM Stage - Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center.

7:15AM Briefing

7:30AM Set Flag Line while Veteran's are loading on the Bus(es)

Parking space is limited. Please consider car pooling and park in the far end of the rear lot to allow parking for the veterans and their families.

Marie 'Autobahn' Glitz and Rich 'Honor Man' Blackaby will serve as Ride Captains for this sendoff. Rich will bring Flags.