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Recapping last weekend's Honor Flight of Southern Colorado

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WASHINGTON D.C. — 25 men and women who fought for our country were given the trip of a lifetime on this year's Honor Flight of Southern Colorado.

25 local veterans leave for Washington D.C. as a part of Honor Flight 19

Free of charge, they were able to stay for three days in our nation's capital to visit the monuments that were built in their honor.

Honor Flight Mission 19, Veteran and son prepare to visit memorials

Honor Flight Mission 19, Purple Heart Vietnam Veterans prepare to visit memorials

Members of Honor Flight 19 pay respects decades in the making

They made bonds with one another and the guardians that were helping with this journey, many of which are veterans themselves.

As you know, I have been fortunate enough to follow this remarkable and life changing journey a handful of times now, and this time, once agai,n brought so many of us to tears. Teaching me and those around the them a spec of the importance for what they did for this country.

For them, peace, friendship and understanding.

A homecoming decades in the making, and we can't wait to bring you more of the stories.

Honor Flight veterans enjoy mail call and homecoming

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