Saturday, December 15, 2012
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is offering paver bricks for sale, which can be used to honor a veteran or someone you love. The bricks are discounted for the holidays.
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- Lyssa Beyer
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Editor's note: The following information is taken from a press release from Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. As you may know, Stars and Stripes Honor Flight has dedicated a replica of the WWII Memorial "Wisconsin Pillar" placed prominently and beautifully on the new Coal Dock Park in Port Washington. The park officially opens in June of 2013. However, just in time for Christmas, you may now support Honor Flight by purchasing a customized paver brick in honor of your family and/or your favorite veteran. The bricks will adorn a gorgeous walkway to the memorial. As we are interested in having as many people as possible participate and honor our veterans, we are offering the bricks for a limited time for only $50.00. This is easy: Information …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Only about 2,000 tickets are left for the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Field of Honor event, set for Saturday in Miller Park, during which a premiere of the group's documentary will play.
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- Lyssa Beyer
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight was aiming big with plans for its Field of Honor event on Saturday — meant to bring together thousands of veterans as well as feature the world premiere of the organization's documentary — but news of the ticket sales are making the event even bigger. With 30,393 tickets sold as of late Friday afternoon, the event is on par to beat the Guiness Book of World Records for a movie premiere attendance — which is currently at 27,022 for a soccer film in Brazil, according to a press release from the group. "We need people to stay through the credits or they will be deducted from the total ... and we have an awesome post-movie, 15-minute program," said founder Joe Dean, who is also a Port Washington alderman. "We …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Musical artist and Milwaukee-native Grace Weber is also now set to perform at the Field of Honor event at Miller Park on August 11.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
The Stars and Stripes Honor Flight event planners are moving full steam ahead with announcements of more partnerships and entertainment for its Field of Honor event, set for August 11 in Miller Park. The first big move comes from the Wisconsin-based chain Culver's, who's Milwaukee-area locations are donating money to the Field of Honor event and also sponsored the group's flight on June 2; Stars and Stripes Honor Flight hit 2,000 veterans served on that flight. "We are grateful to have the support of Culver's," said Joe Dean, chairman of the board for Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. "These 40 Culver's restaurants will also step up in a big way on July 18 when they donate a percent of their sales to SSHF." The group is also excited to …
Friday, July 8, 2011
Port Washington-based Stars and Stripes Honor Flight has taken 1,400 local veterans to visit the WWII memorial in D.C., and is now the subject of a major documentary.
"It was one of the biggest days of my life," World War II veteran Joe Demler said, reflecting on the trip he took to Washington, D.C. in 2008. Demler, a Port Washington resident, is one of the nearly 1,400 individuals from southeastern Wisconsin that has participated in the Honor Flight program that takes veterans to visit the WWII Memorial in Washington. His trip was made possible by the program’s Port Washington-based chapter, Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. A former member of the Army’s 35th Division, Demler participated in the Battle of the Bulge, a month-long German offensive that began in December 1944. Few members of his division survived the battle, he said, and Demler himself was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans. After…
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Program flies World War II veterans to visit their memorial in Washington D.C., but is there more we could do to help these guys?
A friend sent me a link to an inspirational video telling how World War II veterans are passing on to the next world at a rate of 1,000 per day and that groups, such as the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight in Port Washington, are sending plane loads of them to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The undisguised pitch is that we need to do this before it’s too late. There is little doubt those World War II veterans were heroes. In fact, our country has largely looked upon them as heroes ever since the war was won. Granted, until recently, many of their issues — things such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, suicide and alcoholism — have been poorly diagnosed or addressed due to lack of knowledge and/or lack of funding. …
Greg
11:36 am on Monday, August 6, 2012
I'm looking forward to this event. I usually have a 3 day camping trip, on this weekend, but I'll be at The Field of Honor instead. I don't like crowds, but I think this will not be your average crowd. I purchased a block of tickets for family and friends, they all seem excited to go. more ›