MOORHEAD, Minn (KVRR) – You’re invited to an all-day party that helps send Veterans on a life-changing journey. The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN is hosting its “Over the Top” street dance this Saturday at the Moorhead American Legion. The list of activities is way too long to tell you everything. Some of the highlights are a car show,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The highway to the danger zone leads to Scheels Arena this weekend. The Fargo Force are hosting their annual Honor Flight jersey night on Saturday, with a Top Gun theme. It’s a fundraiser to help send veterans on free flights to Washington, D.C. to see monuments built in their honor. Players will wear special jerseys…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – This Giving Hearts Day, you can help a non-profit that takes veterans on a free journey to our nation’s capital get back off the ground. The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota has been grounded since October, 2019 due to COVID. They’re finally preparing to resume taking veterans to Washington, D.C. with a flight in…
People in creative costumes gathered at Sunset Lanes in Moorhead to participate in a ‘Bowling for Veterans Spooky Bowling Tournament’ and to raise money for a good cause. The funds raised at the tournament go directly to helping send area veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit monuments raised in their honor. The tournament had open bowl and team bowling; $1…
The people behind the Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota hope they can start taking veterans to Washington, D.C. once again early next year. They don’t have a date set yet, but the hope is to start flights again in the spring of 2022. There hasn’t been a local honor flight since October, 2019. They’re waiting to see how…
Thursday is Giving Hearts Day, and one organization is looking for help getting back up off the ground after COVID shut things down in 2020. The Veterans Honor Flight couldn’t take any local veterans to see the monuments built in their honor in Washington, D.C. last year. Their fundraising efforts were also derailed during the pandemic. They’re hoping to…
Get a taste of the patriotic welcome our veterans get after every local honor flight. The Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band is putting on a fundraiser show for the North Dakota/Minnesota Veterans Honor Flight. The concert is Thursday March 12th at the Fargo Air Museum. The musicians have been greeting veterans with patriotic songs when they return from…
Flex your hot dish skills while helping send local veterans on the trip of a lifetime. The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN is hosting a hot dish competition Sunday, January 26th at the Moorhead V-F-W. Anyone can drop off their hot dish the day of the event to be judged. No registration required. Our buddy Rob Kupec will be…
FARGO, ND — The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN announced that applications will now be accepted from Veterans who served through May 7, 1975. That includes veterans who served during the Vietnam War. If a Vietnam Veteran, anyone who did not serve through 1959, has applied previously, they are asked to re apply. The ND/MN Honor Flight also announced that…
The Veterans honor flight of North Dakota and Minnesota brings back vivid memories for the veterans who visit our nation’s capital. Sometimes the worst memories of their lives. I found out on the latest honor flight that those memories gives our veterans comfort that we won’t forget what they did for our country. To serve is to sacrifice. These…
