Hundreds welcomed more than 100 veterans home to Bismarck
The Western North Dakota Honor Flight returned to the Bismarck airport on Monday evening after two days at the memorials in Washington, D.C.
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Bismarck airport on Monday evening to welcome the Western North Dakota Honor Flight, KFYR reported. More than 100 veterans had spent the previous two days in Washington, D.C., visiting the memorials built for their service. The station said the veterans called that airport welcome the right ending to a trip they will not forget.
A reporter who traveled with the group said a longer account would follow the next day. The cheers in the terminal do not rewrite the years before this flight. They are the greeting Bismarck turned out to give on a Monday night.
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