Posts Tagged ‘Memorial Day’
SPRING 2015
In case you weren’t at the Summit, I have posted my latest edition of HERDING CATS Vers. 3.0 on my website. If you are leading a group to the Memorial this year, I think it’s a valuable guide. I have provided a number of examples for reference. The Honor Flight Network Summit was spectacular with over three hundred of my favorite
Ordering Books for Fall 2014
For Honor Fights., this is a reminder that there are “just enough” WWII MEMMORIAL: JEWEL OF THE MALL books to cover the flying season Normally deliveries take five to seven days. As always, please get as much information as you can for hotel deliveries…. and please ignore me when I get cranky about hotels! Books come in cases of twenty and samples are available. Email me at srb@srbphoto.com
DC PHOTO BOOK: Honoring Don Heilemnan
“A Celebration of the Life of Don Heilemann at the D.C. War Memorial with lunch to follow. For more information and RSVP contact Tammy Hielemann. Don Heilemann, a former WHNPA member, was the “go to” guy at the National Park Service. Don helped WHNPA members for many years and was a good friend-a life well worth celebrating”.
Honor Flight Summit!
The Honor Flight Summit was well-attended with a record 215 hub directors, volunteers and speakers. It was quite an event kicked off with a Friday reception which included everything from swing dancers to information stations where Friends of the WWII Memorial, Women in Military Service to America and vendors
DC PHOTO BOOK IN KINDLE FORMAT
DC PHOTO BOOK is now available on the KINDLE FORMAT! The digital version includes more photographs than its print counterpart, as well as additional commentary and resources. Digital books offer more possibilites in terms of content and interactivity, and it’s been exciting to redesign for this platform.
WWII MEMORIAL: Veterans turned away?
This picture was taken at 3PM on Monday September 30th, 2013. Perhaps our elected officials can get off their asses and act as volunteers for WWII Veterans visiting the Memorial. More than 950 Veterans are scheduled to see the Memorial this week with Honor Flight. Lori Turner’s Mississippi Honor Flight Group will be the first […]
DC PHOTO BOOK: 9/11 MEMORIAL
The incredibly thoughtful Memoirial to 9/11 is well worth a visit. The designers embuded this small parcel of ground with as much dignity and grace…
DC PHOTO BOOK
I stopped at the WWII Memorial tonight to see how the construction on the West wall is going. Not so good….and it looks like another month. Hopefully we will have an intact Memorial before long. It’s what we Washingtonians call the “silly season” i
National Reflecting Pool…?
The National Mall’s fabulous reflecting pool is temporarily “out of order”. After an extensive 34 million dollar renovation, the District and it’s guests were only stunned by its beauty temporarily. Within a few days of the opening, “algae and scum” (see photo below) were reported to be taking over. Ever filled with foreboding that a photo will disappear, I was down to the Memorial on opening day and am delighted I did.
Reflecting Pool: Labor Day
After a number of years, the reflecting pool is “reflecting” and we have our precious views restored to us. This was taken about 7 PM on Labor Day and crowds of people gathered just to admire the perfect view.
Tuskeegee Airman Leads Chicago Tribute
Lawton Wilkerson, one of the Tuskeegee Airman lead the Chicago Honor Flight ceremony today. One hundred WWII veterans visited the WWII Memorial today and were part of a ceremony which included a “lot of photography”. The photographic archives of Chicago’s Honor Flight are perhaps the most complete of all the Honor Flights. The images from […]
Spirit of ’45
A “Wall of Honor” consisting of the faces of 1,945 men and women who served during World War II was unveiled at the National World War II Memorial on Saturday morning, August 11, to mark National Spirit of ’45 Day honoring the men and women who were the “ordinary heroes” of WWII. The “Wall” includes […]
Kenosha Air Show greets Vets
Old Glory Honor Flight lead by Drew McDonald arrived yesterday with eighty veterans and as many guardians and family. It made for a nice set of pictures as several families flew in and surprised their Veteran at the Memorial. Temperatures were DC HOT but a strong breeze and lots of umbrellas kept everyone comfortable. The group flew last night to Kenosha, Wisconsin and the Experimental Aviation Association annual meet up. They were greeted by an estimated 20 to 30 thousand people.
My Father
He instilled a sense of patriotism and service in his children and whenever I look at this picture, I am moved. His name is inscribed behind the inspection plate on one of the eagles and when i am down there, I always think of him. He didn’t live to see the Memorial erected but he was an avid fan of construction and would have loved to watch the Memorial being put together. He was generous, adventuresome and never saw a situation that he didn’t make better. He also loved boats
Happy 4th of July
The fireworks in DC are always spectacular and one year I had the good fortune to photograph them from the top of the Lincoln Memorial. You don’t get a much better seat than that! We are planning on revisiting the roof of the Lincoln Memorial this Fall to photograph the newly renovated reflecting pool.
Memorial Day 2012
While visiting the WWII Memorial, a veteran from North West Ohio Honor Flight contemplates FDR’s words on Pearl Harbor. It is interesting that the religious right insists that Washingtonians omitted any reference to the creator as if we have nothing to do but remove text when in fact, the quote was at the end of […]
Rocky Mountain Honor Flight May 18 2012
Mary Haddon of Rocky Mountain Honor Flight was at the WWII Memorial with about thirty veterans and their guardians. The weather was DC at its best and promised to continue for the weekend which is supposed to be jam-packed with flights. The veteran on the left was celebrating his 93rd birthday. You can see more […]
Honor Flight numbers are IMPRESSIVE … Congratulations to all!!!
All the Honor Flight volunteers deserve great praise, ovations and a terrific Holiday Season. Through rain, delays, departures and hot and cold days, you have all participated in an extraordianary piece of American History! Congrats! Please find the attached information to reflect totals for the 2011 Flying Season: -Veterans Flown in 2011: 18,055 -Guardians Flown in […]
Memorial Day 2009, WWII Memorial
Fifth Anniversary of the WWII Memorial By George Kerestes At today’s program, Friends of the National World War II Memorial (http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/) joined with the National Park Service in a special program recognizing the 5th anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial. The program included music by the United States Marine Band, and a bugler and color guard from the […]
Brian Duffy on Honor Flight
We flew a trip on May 16, 2009 with the “regular” array of our WWII heroes. I ushered them through the normal choreography of visiting the WWII Memorial, Iwo Jima Marine Memorial and the Korean War Memorial in one day. When we offloaded at the Korean Memorial, one of the veterans asked “Brian, are […]
In the Wind
Their are 650,000 motorcycles in town scheduled to ride the Rolling Thunder Ride and one of the Fairfax American Legion riders on a trike offered Senator Elizabeth Dole a ride. She hopped right on and off they went. She is game for everything and it was a pleasure for everyone to see her on the […]
Morning Stroll at WWII Memorial
As I made my way around the WWII Memorial this AM, schoolchildren from East Islip, Michigan were setting up for a band and choral performance and kids from Brandon, Mississippi were just laying out a wreath under the supervision of parents and teachers. Workers were cleaning the pool for Memorial Day. It was the last day […]
“Why I’ll just charter a big jet!”
Jeff Miller of Hendersonville, North Carolina heard about Earl Morse’s small plane junkets and since he couldn’t fly, decided to charter himself a jet!! Will Rogers said, “Not all of us can be heroes. Some of us have to stand on the curb and cheer as the heroes pass by.” Jeff’s not standing on any […]