Honor Flight DVD Now Available Locally

The Honor Flight documentary that made a Guinness Book of World Records and has been shown at many film festivals is now available for purchase on DVD at Port Washington City Hall.

A number of copies are available for a suggested donation of $20, Honor Flight founder Joe Dean said. City Hall is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Here's more information about the DVD from a press release from Honor Flight:

Thanks to the generous support of We Energies for underwriting the production costs of the DVD, the purchase of each DVD goes even further in supporting the mission of SSHF to fly as many veterans as possible to Washington, DC.

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The film Honor Flight, which the Los Angeles Times calls "enormously moving," and the  Chicago Tribune says is "a profound tribute to America's brave, often unsung WWII veterans" is still playingin theaters nationwide in more than 20 markets with new screenings added weekly. It's on track to becoming the largest "audience driven" screening of all time. 

The film features four Milwaukee area World War II veterans and the local volunteers of the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight chapter.  Honor Flight hubs across the country are using the film to raise awareness about the program and raise funds to fly veterans from their communities.

Honor Flight also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest film screening ever when it premiered at Miller Park on August 11, 2012 for a crowd of 28,442.There have also been screenings at other unique locations including the US Capitol, Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, the Navy Memorial and was the featured film at the Naples Film Festival. To date, nearly 53,000 people have seen the film.

Honor Flight is a national, all-volunteer program with 117 hubs from coast to coast.  The WWII Memorial did not open until 2004 and many veterans are unable to visit it without assistance.  According to the VA, a WWII veteran dies every 90 seconds in the US. The average age of a WWII veteran is 89 years old. Nationally, Honor Flight has taken 100,000 veterans to see their memorials.  

Track the latest news from the film's website: HonorFlightTheMovie.com.